英语词汇“elevate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINelevate

Origin:

1300-1400 Latin elevatus, past participle of elevare ‘to lift up’

VERB TABLE

elevate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	elevate
	he, she, it	elevates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	elevated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have elevated
	he, she, it	has elevated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had elevated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will elevate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have elevated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am elevating
	he, she, it	is elevating
	you, we, they	are elevating
Past	I, he, she, it	was elevating
	you, we, they	were elevating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been elevating
	he, she, it	has been elevating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been elevating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be elevating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been elevating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

Lie down and elevate your feet.
Store owners hope to elevate the mall's image to help improve business.
This drug tends to elevate body temperature.
We need candidates who can elevate and inspire the American people.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

But Gats elevates the interests of corporations above other aims.
He has made comedies, but seems quite without the vision that elevates humour to satire.
Of those who remained, a fortunate and opportunistic few were elevated into the realm of senior management.
Returning missionaries spoke to large audiences who were eager to hear how their efforts elevated the heathen.
Stressors of all kinds can elevate blood pressure and induce sudden constriction of the coronary arteries.
The ideology of merit had elevated the grammar school above technical schools, technical schools above secondary moderns.

THESAURUS► lift (up)

to move something or someone upwards to a higher position, especially something heavy, either by using your hands or a machine: · You shouldn’t lift anything heavy if you have a bad back.· She lifted the lid from a huge pot and took a sniff.· They lifted me onto a stretcher and took me to the ambulance.· He lifted the girl up onto his knee.· They used a crane to lift the carriages back onto the rails.· The massive bull lifted him bodily into the air and shook him repeatedly.

► raise

to lift something to a higher position for a short time before lowering it again. Raise is more formal than lift: · The bridge can be raised to allow ships to pass under it.· ‘Cheers, everyone!’ said Larry, raising his glass.

► pick up

to lift something up from the ground, from a table etc, especially something small or light: · She picked up her bag and left the room.· Tom picked the papers up off the floor.· Why don’t you just pick up the phone and call him?· Maurin picked up the gun and put it in his pocket.· The lioness picked her cub up by its neck.· There are papers all over the floor – could you pick them up and put them away?· The little girl’s mother laughed and bent down to pick her up.· The vacuum cleaner won’t pick this stuff up.

► scoop up

to lift someone or something quickly from the ground, from a table etc, using your hand or arm: · She bent down and scooped up the little dog.

► hoist

to lift up something which is heavy and difficult to carry: · Joe picked up the sack and hoisted it onto the truck.· The crowd hoisted him onto their shoulders and carried him triumphantly down the main street.

► elevate

technical to lift something to a higher position and keep it there: · The doctor advised me to rest and elevate my ankle.

► put your hand up

to lift your arm into the air, for example because you want to speak in a class or when voting: · Put your hand up if you know the answer.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► level

· Just as the Spirit loses its way the harder you drive, so the Carlton is elevated to a higher level.· Within conservative evangelical circles the entire issue of roles has been elevated to a level of idolatry.· The creative act was seen as heroic, the proof of an elevated level of existence.· This rate of decrease is accelerated with elevated PO2 levels.· However, if hemolysis occurs during blood drawing, falsely elevated plasma magnesium levels may be obtained.· Other reactive trace gases such as nitrous oxide and methyl iodide also remain at elevated and aberrant levels.

► position

· We look on from a slightly elevated position, as though we ourselves were levitating, seeing everything.· It has been elevated to a position that it was never intended to hold in the cosmic scheme.· Strangely, once done, this single act of rebellion elevated my position in the community.· Aspirate nasogastric tube if indicated. 6 Once conscious gradually elevate patient to upright position.

► status

· The language of rights, legitimate expectations or privileges should not be elevated to any higher status.· This is basically salon music, but the playing elevates it to cult status.· In Nizan's theory of the revolutionary novel it is elevated to the status of necessary pre-condition of authentic writing practices.· The duchy had been elevated to the status of a principality and placed in the Black Prince's hands in 1362.· Through implication, language can diminish or elevate the status of others.· In other words we talk to maintain or elevate our apparent status.· The relatively unknown signing from homespun Grimsby was elevated to star status over a week-end.