elevate
elevate 英 [ˈelɪveɪt] 美 [ˈɛləˌvet]
vt. 提升；举起
进行时:elevating 过去式:elevated 过去分词:elevated 第三人称单数:elevates 名词复数:elevates
- To elevate is to lift up, either literally or figuratively. One way to elevate your mood is to exercise and elevate your heart rate. But if you exercise too hard and sprain your ankle, you might have to elevate it by propping it on a pillow.
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- vt. 提升；举起
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1. He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.
他将许多朋友都提拔到政府部门的要职上。
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2. It is important that the injured leg should be elevated.
将受伤的腿抬高是很重要的。
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3. Smoking often elevates blood pressure.
抽烟常常使血压升高。
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4. The song never failed to elevate his spirits.
这首歌总使他精神振奋。
- elevate (v.) late 15c., "to raise above the usual position," from Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare "lift up, raise," figuratively, "to lighten, alleviate," from ex "out" (see ex-) + levare "lighten, raise," from levis "light" in weight (from PIE root *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight"). Sense of "raise in rank or status" is from c. 1500. Moral or intellectual sense is from 1620s. Related: Elevated (which also was old slang for "drunk"); elevating.
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