- If you have a crush on a guy who likes your best friend, it can be very depressing to listen to him extol your friend's virtues, while you just nod and smile. If you extol something, you praise it very highly.
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- vt. 赞美；赞颂
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1. Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.
医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
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2. She was extolled as a genius.
她被誉为天才。
- extol (v.) also extoll, c. 1400, "to lift up," from Latin extollere "to place on high, raise, elevate," figuratively "to exalt, praise," from ex "up" (see ex-) + tollere "to raise," from PIE *tele- "to bear, carry," "with derivatives referring to measured weights and thence money and payment" [Watkins].
extol / ɪkˈstəʊl ; NAmE ɪkˈstoʊl / verb ( -ll- ) ( formal) to praise sb/sth very much 赞扬；颂扬；称赞 extolsb/sth ◆ Doctors often extol the virtuesof eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。 extolsb/sth as sth ◆ She was extolled as a genius. 她被誉为天才。 extol extols extolled extolling extol / ɪkˈstəʊl ; NAmE ɪkˈstoʊl /
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