剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - elevate collapse

elevate
/'el.ɪ.veɪt/
verb [T]
formal
* to raise something or lift something up
抬高；提高；使上升；举起

1. The platform was elevated by means of hydraulic legs.
平台由液压支架抬升起来。

* to make someone or something more important or to improve something
提升；提高；改进

1. They want to elevate the status of teachers.
他们想提高教师的社会地位。

2. These factors helped to elevate the town into the list of the ten most attractive in the country.
这些因素提高了该镇的声望，使之成为该国十大最具魅力城镇之一。

be elevated to sth
formal
* to be given a higher rank or social position
被提升为；被晋升为

1. He has been elevated to deputy manager.
他已被提升为副经理。

2. She was elevated to the peerage (= was given the title 'Lady').
她被封为贵族。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - elevate collapse

elevate ★★☆☆☆
1.VERB 动词提拔;提升；提高…的地位 When someone or something achieves a more important rank or status, you can say that they are elevated to it.

【语法信息】：be V-ed to n

【搭配模式】：usu passive

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • He was elevated to the post of prime minister.

    他升任总理。

elevation

  • The Prime Minister is known to favour the elevation of more women to the Cabinet...

    人所共知首相希望提拔更多女性进入内阁。

  • After his elevation to the papacy, he reigned for two years.

    他升任教皇后在位两年。

2.VERB 动词提高，提升（地位） If you elevate something to a higher status, you consider it to be better or more important than it really is.

【语法信息】：V n to n

  • Don't elevate your superiors to superstar status.

    别把你的上司捧得跟超级巨星似的。

3.VERB 动词提高;增加 To elevate something means to increase it in amount or intensity.

【语法信息】：V n

【语法信息】：V-ed

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.

    情绪压力可能会导致血压升高。

  • ...overweight individuals who have elevated cholesterol levels.

    胆固醇水平升高的体重超标者

4.VERB 动词举起;抬起;使升高 If you elevate something, you raise it above a horizontal level.

【语法信息】：V n

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • Jack elevated the gun at the sky.

    杰克朝天举枪。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - elevate collapse

elevate
ele·vate / 5eliveit / verb [VN]
1. ~ sb / sth (to sth) | ~ sth (into sth) (formal) to give sb / sth a higher position or rank, often more important than they deserve
   提拔,晋升,提升(到不应有的位置)
   SYN  raise , promote :
   He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.
   他将许多朋友都提拔到政府部门的要职上。
   It was an attempt to elevate football to a subject worthy of serious study.
   这是试图将足球拔高成一门学科来进行严肃的研究。
2. (technical 术语 or formal) to lift sth up or put sth in a higher position
   举起；抬起:
   It is important that the injured leg should be elevated.
   将受伤的腿抬高是很重要的。
3. (technical 术语) to make the level of sth increase
   提高；使升高:
   Smoking often elevates blood pressure.
   抽烟常常使血压升高。
4. (formal) to improve a person's mood, so that they feel happy
   使情绪高昂；使精神振奋；使兴高采烈:
   The song never failed to elevate his spirits.
   这首歌总使他精神振奋。

牛津搭配语词典 第2版 - elevate collapse

elevate verb
Elevate is used with these nouns as the object: level, mood

新牛津英语同义词词典 - elevate collapse

elevate

verb
1 we have to rely on a breeze to elevate the kite
RAISE , lift (up), raise up/aloft, buoy up, upraise, bear aloft; hoist, hike up, haul up, heft up, boost.
-opposite(s): LOWER.

2 in the 1920s he was elevated to Secretary of State
PROMOTE , give promotion, upgrade, improve the position/status of, give a higher rank, advance, move up, raise, give advancement, prefer; ennoble, exalt, aggrandize, dignify; informal kick upstairs, move up the ladder.
-opposite(s): DEMOTE.

词源记忆 - elevate collapse

elevate 提升
e-, 向外；-lev, 举起，轻，词源同light, lever.