glorify

glorify
(-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。
    ■give praise to (God)
    赞颂(上帝)
  2. describe or represent as admirable, especially unjustifiably or undeservedly
    美化
    a football video glorifying violence.
    一部美化暴力的足球录像。
派生
glorification
noun
glorifier
noun
语源
  1. Middle English: from Old French glorifier, from ecclesiastical Latin glorificare, from late Latin glorificus, from Latin gloria 'glory'
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