Elevate

(a.) Elevated; raised aloft.

(v. t.) To bring from a lower place to a higher; to lift up; to raise; as, to elevate a weight, a flagstaff, etc.

(v. t.) To raise to a higher station; to promote; as, to elevate to an office, or to a high social position.

(v. t.) To raise from a depressed state; to animate; to cheer; as, to elevate the spirits.

(v. t.) To exalt; to ennoble; to dignify; as, to elevate the mind or character.

(v. t.) To raise to a higher pitch, or to a greater degree of loudness; -- said of sounds; as, to elevate the voice.

(v. t.) To intoxicate in a slight degree; to render tipsy.

(v. t.) To lessen; to detract from; to disparage.

卡门录入

• Why, elevate your own servants, for a specimen, said Alfred, with a half-scornful smile. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He knows nothing, said Defarge; at least nothing more than would easily elevate himself to a gallows of the same height. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.
• A noble genius is called an elevate and sublime one. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Who but herself had taught her, that she was to elevate herself if possible, and that her claims were great to a high worldly establishment? 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• You ought to raise me with thoughts of a better life, and elevate me from the petty cares of this world of injustice and strife. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• People know what you did; but not the motives that elevate it out of a crime into an heroic protection of the weak. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• But Mr. Elton had only drunk wine enough to elevate his spirits, not at all to confuse his intellects. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Small elevated tanks, like those of the windmill, frequently have heavy iron bands around their lower portion as a protection against the extra strain. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• His nature was not changed by one hour of solemn prayer: it was only elevated. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• Especially in your elevated station of society, miss, says Mr. Bucket, quite reddening at another narrow escape from my dear. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• These cranes, adapted for the lifting and carrying of enormous loads, were worked by hydraulic pressure obtained from elevated tanks or reservoirs, as above indicated. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• When the gas holder is full it is buoyed up by the lighter gas, and occupies an elevated position, and as its supply is used up, the gas holder settles down into the water. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Similarly, the soil is formed from the overhanging mountains; it is washed as sediment into the sea; it is elevated, after consolidation, into the overhanging mountains. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• It was evident that subsequen tly to the formation of the basalt that portion of the coast containing the white stratum had been elevated. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• Notwithstanding these foibles, and various others needless to mention--but by no means of a refined or elevating character--how pretty she was! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• We must set our face against all this educating, elevating talk, that is getting about now; the lower class must not be educated. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• The pointer uses both hands in elevating and depressing the gun. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• And here I am naturally led to reflect on the means of elevating a low subject. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• The neighbourhood was a little too hot, Lively,' said Fagin, elevating his eyebrows, and crossing his hands upon his shoulders. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Their melancholy is soothing, and their joy elevating to a degree I never experienced in studying the authors of any other country. 玛丽·雪莱. 弗兰肯斯坦.
• That's right,' said Mr. John Smauker, putting forth his fox's head, and elevating his own; 'I'll stand by you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• You can't think how it elevates him in my opinion, to know for certain that he's really conscientious! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Family jarring vulgarizes; family union elevates. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Fine art, poetry, that kind of thing, elevates a nation--emollit mores--you understand a little Latin now. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.

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