elevate

英['eliveit]美['eliveit]

v.[T]
1. 将某人、某物举起；将某人、某物提到更高的地位
2. 使（思想、道德等）更好；使更有修养

时　态：elevated,elevating,elevates

形容词：elevated,elevating

同反义词

同：	[v.] advance, get up, kick upstairs, lift
反：	[v.] bring down, demote, get down, kick downstairs

词义辨析

lift，hoist，raise，elevate，heave，boost

这些动词均有“升起，举起”之意。
lift指用人力或机械力把某物升到较高的位置。
hoist多指用绳索、滑轮等机械把重物升起。
raise较正式用词，常可与lift换用，但强调把某物举起或抬起到应有的高度。常用比喻。
elevate较正式用词，指位置、高度的升高，多作比喻用，指职位、品德等的提高。
heave指需花大力气或借外力才能举起或抬起重物。
boost原义指从后面或下面推起或提高，现常用于指提高价格、振作精神等抽象概念。

参考例句

They decided to elevate the first mate to the position of captain.
他们决定提升那位大副为船长。收藏
Scaffold： Temporary platform used to elevate and support workers and materials during work on a structure or machine.
鹰架:为了在建筑或机器上工作时提升并支撑工人和材料而搭建的临时的平台。收藏
No sign of admiration should now escape him, nothing that could elevate her with the hope of influencing his felicity.
决不要流露出有什么爱慕的意思，一点儿形迹也不要流露出来，免得她有非分之想，就此要影响他的终身幸福。收藏
The teacher hoped to elevate the mind of her young pupil by read them religious story.
教师希望给小学生读宗教故事来提高他们的修养。收藏
Equilibrium in the earth's crust such that the forces tending to elevate land masses balance the forces tending to depress land masses.
地壳均衡地壳的均衡，以使趋向于抬高大陆的力与趋向于降低大陆的力保持平衡。收藏

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英英解释

动词解释：

give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
- Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
- I got promoted after many years of hard work
[同] elevate, kick upstairs, advance, promote, raise, upgrade
[反] demote, kick downstairs, break, bump, relegate
raise from a lower to a higher position
- Raise your hands
- Lift a load
[同] elevate, get up, bring up, lift, raise
[反] get down, bring down, let down, lower, take down

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