glorify
/ˈglɔːrɪfaɪ/verb
(-ies, -ied)with obj.
1
- reveal or make clearer the glory of (God) by one's actions(通过行动)展现(上帝的荣耀):
God can be glorified through a life of scholarship.
做学问也可以展现上帝的荣耀。
1.1
- give praise to (God)赞颂(上帝)。
2
- describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably or undeservedly(尤指不正当地)美化:
a football video glorifying violence.
一部美化暴力的足球录像。
派生词
glorification
nounglorifier
noun词源
Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria 'glory'.