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单词 extol
释义
extolex‧tol /ɪkˈstəʊl $ -ˈstoʊl/ verb (past tense and past participle extolled, present participle extolling) [transitive] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINextol
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin extollere, from tollere ‘to lift up’
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
extol
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theyextol
he, she, itextols
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theyextolled
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave extolled
he, she, ithas extolled
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad extolled
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill extol
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have extolled
Continuous Form
PresentIam extolling
he, she, itis extolling
you, we, theyare extolling
PastI, he, she, itwas extolling
you, we, theywere extolling
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been extolling
he, she, ithas been extolling
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been extolling
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be extolling
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been extolling
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • All the writings that extolled the role of Mary were ultimately excluded from the canon.
  • But now is not the time to be extolling the virtues of Anglo-Saxon shareholder capitalism.
  • Everywhere, the glory of the ancient era is extolled in stone.
  • Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.
  • The extreme western edge of the square has the now compulsory big city billboards extolling the virtues of consumerism.
  • The fundamentalist opposition movements that extol the veil are reactivating this age-old connection.
  • Thus ran the old rhyme, extolling the produce of the Bunnhouse, situated between Union and Westbourne Streets.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
 Wilkins is now extolling (=praising very much)the virtues of organic farming.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· The following speech extols the virtues of order and degree.· The appraiser went on for some time, extolling the virtues of the scholarship.· But now is not the time to be extolling the virtues of Anglo-Saxon shareholder capitalism.· At news conferences in each town, he dutifully steps to the podium and extols the virtues of such a noteworthy matchup.· The tutor extols the virtues of this approach and you, of course, agree.· We have had several letters from readers extolling the virtues of ponies, and how many are having enormous fun with them.· Since the war, each time the Conservative Party has come into power it has extolled the virtues of the market.· This man drinks alone, perhaps because he has driven away all his companions by extolling the virtues of his bank.
formal to praise something very muchextol the virtues/benefits etc of something a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise
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