| 单词 | aggrandizement |
| 释义 | aggrandizement (once / 5699 pages) n Aggrandizement is the act of enlarging or expanding something's power or status. It's hard sometimes to tell if politicians run for office in order to help their communities, or just for their own aggrandizement. Aggrandizement is the noun form of the verb aggrandize, "to increase the power or reputation of something," and it usually implies that there's some exaggeration going on. If your friend spread the story of how you had saved a drowning child at the beach, when actually you'd only yelled for the lifeguard, and if you didn't correct him or set the story straight, you'd be participating in the aggrandizement of your reputation. WORD FAMILYaggrandizement: aggrandizements, self-aggrandizement+/aggrandize: aggrandized, aggrandizement, aggrandizes, aggrandizing/aggrandizing: self-aggrandizing USAGE EXAMPLESAs James Madison pointedly observed, “War is the true nurse of executive aggrandizement.” Salon(Dec 17, 2016) From this view, FDR was very much aware that Japanese expansionism in Asia and German aggrandizement in Europe meant trouble for America. Salon(Dec 07, 2016) “War is in fact the true nurse of executive aggrandizement,” James Madison wrote in 1793. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) n the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something the aggrandizement of the king Syn|Hypo|Hyper aggrandisement, elevation ego trip, self-aggrandisement, self-aggrandizement an act undertaken to increase your own power and influence or to draw attention to your own importance increase, step-up the act of increasing something |
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