释义 |
ennobleen‧no‧ble /ɪˈnəʊbəl $ ɪˈnoʊ-/ verb [transitive] formal VERB TABLEennoble |
Present | I, you, we, they | ennoble | | he, she, it | ennobles | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | ennobled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have ennobled | | he, she, it | has ennobled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had ennobled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will ennoble | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have ennobled |
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Present | I | am ennobling | | he, she, it | is ennobling | | you, we, they | are ennobling | Past | I, he, she, it | was ennobling | | you, we, they | were ennobling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been ennobling | | he, she, it | has been ennobling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been ennobling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be ennobling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been ennobling |
- He ennobled everything he touched with his brush or his pencil.
- In any case, in the movie Tolins and Bass took the easier, more ennobling route.
- Lords of Appeal in Ordinary - Law Lords - receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled.
- The Foley family were ennobled in 1711-12.
- The Smiths are a synopsis of pain, a resolution - awkwardness and alienation ennobled, given poise.
- There was something ennobling about it.
1to improve your character: art which ennobles the human race2to make someone a member of the nobility (=the people in society who have a high rank, such as princes etc)—ennoblement noun [uncountable]—ennobling adjective |