aggrandize
/əˈgrændaɪz/(亦作-ise)
verb
with obj.
1- increase the power, status, or wealth of扩大…的势力; 增加…的财富; 提高…的地位：
an action intended to aggrandize the Frankish dynasty.
为增强法兰克王朝势力的行动。
1.1
- enhance the reputation of (someone) beyond what is justified by the facts夸大, 吹捧：
he hoped to aggrandize himself by dying a hero's death.
他想通过英勇的死亡提高自己的名声。
派生词
aggrandizement
nounaggrandizer
noun词源
mid 17th cent. （in the general sense 'increase， magnify'）： from French agrandiss-, lengthened stem of agrandir, probably from Italian aggrandire, from Latin grandis 'large'. The ending was changed by association with verbs ending in -IZE.