| 释义 |
valorize, v.|ˈvæləraɪz|
[f. valor + -ize.]
trans. To raise or stabilize the value of (a commodity, etc.) by a centrally organized scheme; gen. to evaluate, to make valid. Hence ˈvalorized ppl. a.
1921Contemp. Rev. July 53 It attempted both to regulate the output and to stabilise and to ‘valorise’ the prices. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! ii. 79 Artists..have valorized the dream. 1976T. Eagleton Crit. & Ideology v. 164 Criticism becomes a mutually supportive dialogue between two highly valorised subjects: the valuable text and the valuable reader. 1976Daily Tel. 1 Nov. 16 Merely ‘valorising’ specific duties..to recoup inflation since April would bring in {pstlg}250 million. 1978Dædalus Summer 48 The Emile and the Contrat social provide the explanation of the positively valorized concepts (virtue, morals, patriotism). 1984Christian Science Monitor 2 Mar. b8/4 He has actually managed to suggest that the mire and blood, the ‘refuse’ of the embittered heart, is valorized by the poetic artifacts created from it. |