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单词 exalt
释义
exalt
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You might like your manager, but if you exalt her, it means you really put her on a pedestal and treat her like royalty.
To exalt is to hold or raise someone up to a high position or status. It doesn't have to mean literally putting that person into a high position, but instead treating them almost like nobility. Overly doting parents exalt their infant to the point where they praise him every time he wets his diaper and call the neighbors over every time he coos.
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exalt / exult

To exalt, means to glorify or elevate something, but to exult is to rejoice. Exalt your favorite pro-wrestler, Jesus, or your status in the world. Exult when you get the last two tickets to see your favorite band.

Exalt is a transitive verb, so it needs a direct object: you have to exalt something. If we glorify God, we exalt him. It can also mean to heighten something, to increase its effects. You can exalt, or raise, the Virgin Mary, or a level, like in these examples:

His devotional writings, which exalt Mary by superstitious tales of miracles, were extremely popular in all Catholic countries. (J.H. Kurtz)

At a less exalted level, we buy and sell attention all the time, usually as part of some other transaction. (Slate)

I'm afraid, though, that very few people walk on that exalted plane. (New York Times)

To exult (with a "u") is to whoop it up, celebrate, to be happy. If you rejoice at your team's big win, you exult in it. It's an intransitive verb, so it doesn't need an object — you exult all by yourself, any way you want:

Little wonder Ferry's fans were out in force Tuesday, but they had little reason to exult as the show opened in subdued style. (Chicago Tribune)

We do have our problems and we worry and whine and complain, but we also have to celebrate and exult. (Associated Press)

Coffers will bulge, fans will exult, civilization will fail to collapse. (New York Times)

If you think something is the best thing ever and you practically worship it, you exalt it. You have to exalt something. If you're just thrilled, and your sentence doesn't require a direct object, choose exult instead.

WORD FAMILY
exalt: exaltation, exalted, exalting, exalts+/exaltation: exaltations/exalted: exalteder, exaltedly/exalting: exaltingly
USAGE EXAMPLES
Miraculously, that weight doesn’t crush the movie; it exalts it.
Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016)
Now is the time to embrace that exalted status.
Time(Dec 22, 2016)
The intention was surely to enjoy nights on such an exalted stage more than this but instead the impression persists of accelerating poor form.
The Guardian(Dec 07, 2016)
1v praise, glorify, or honor
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
extol, glorify, laud, proclaim
canonise, canonize
treat as a sacred person
ensky
exalt to the skies; lift to the skies or to heaven with praise
crack up
rhapsodize about
hymn
praise by singing a hymn
praise
express approval of
2v raise in rank, character, or status
exalted the humble shoemaker to the rank of King's adviser
Hypo|Hyper
deify
exalt to the position of a God
elevate, lift, raise
raise in rank or condition
3v heighten or intensify
These paintings exalt the imagination
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
animate, enliven, inspire, invigorate
encourage
inspire with confidence; give hope or courage to
barrack, cheer, exhort, inspire, pep up, root on, urge, urge on
spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts
foster, nurture
help develop, help grow
hollo
encourage somebody by crying hollo
cheer, embolden, hearten, recreate
give encouragement to
draw out
make more sociable
bring out
encourage to be less reserved
goad, spur
give heart or courage to
excite, shake, shake up, stimulate, stir
stir the feelings, emotions, or peace of
4v fill with sublime emotion
Syn|Hyper
beatify, exhilarate, inebriate, thrill, tickle pink
elate, intoxicate, lift up, pick up, uplift
fill with high spirits; fill with optimism
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