ennoble

英 [ɪˈnəʊbl]

美 [ɪˈnoʊbl]

v.  封(某人)为贵族; 使更崇高; 使更高尚; 使更尊贵

过去分词：ennobled　过去式：ennobled　现在分词：ennobling　复数：ennobles　第三人称单数：ennobles　

GRETEM8

BNC.33617 / COCA.25832

牛津词典

verb

• 封（某人）为贵族
  to make sb a member of the nobility
• 使更崇高；使更高尚；使更尊贵
  to give sb/sth a better moral character
  1. In a strange way she seemed ennobled by her grief.
     奇怪的是，忧伤使她显得更加高贵。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使崇高;使高尚
  Toennoblesomeone or something means to make them more dignified and morally better.
  1. ...the enduring fundamental principles of life that ennoble mankind.
     使人类彰显高尚的经久不衰的人生基本准则
• VERB 封…为贵族
  If someoneis ennobled, they are made a member of the nobility.
  1. ...the son of a financier who had been ennobled.
     被封为贵族的金融家之子
  2. ...the newly ennobled Lord Archer.
     新近被封为贵族的阿彻男爵

英英释义

verb

• give a title to someone
  Synonym:gentleentitle
• confer dignity or honor upon
  1. He was dignified with a title
  Synonym:dignify

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