单词 | eulogize |
释义 | eulogize (once / 9009 pages) v To eulogize someone is to talk about how much you respect and admire them, especially as a memorial after their death. At funerals, sometimes several people eulogize the deceased person. You can eulogize a living person — particularly if she has retired from a job — or even a place or a group. You might eulogize your elementary school after it's been closed, or eulogize the coach of your basketball team after she's left for a job in another town. The verb eulogize comes from eulogy, a speech that praises, from the Greek root eulogia, "praise" or "fine language," from eu, "well," and -logia, "speaking." WORD FAMILYeulogize: eulogized, eulogizes, eulogizing+/eulogise: eulogised, eulogises, eulogising/eulogist: eulogists/eulogistic: eulogistically/eulogy: eulogies, eulogise, eulogist, eulogistic, eulogize USAGE EXAMPLESWhat point is there in eulogizing her, when she said it best herself? The New Yorker(Dec 28, 2016) One of the city’s last pay phones eulogizes itself—with a Brooklyn accent. The New Yorker(Dec 26, 2016) Russia observed a national day of mourning on Monday, with the main government television channels repeatedly playing mournful music and eulogizing those killed. New York Times(Dec 26, 2016) v praise formally and eloquently The dead woman was eulogized at the funeral Syn|Hyper eulogise praise express approval of |
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