单词 | magnify |
释义 | mag·ni·fy transitive verb 1. a. < while they magnified the art, they often belittled the artist — Havelock Ellis > < history, in every country, is so taught as to magnify that country — Bertrand Russell > b. < on that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel — Jos 4:14 (NCE) > 2. a. < real drama … will use ugliness to magnify beauty — Alan Mickle > < felt her every weakness magnified and revealed in the fine mirror — Ethel Wilson > b. < a simple mistake in judgment was often magnified to the proportions of a major crime — B.F.Fairless > < magnified the peril — Arnold Bennett > < material comfort and ease was magnified in contrast with the pains and risk of experimental creation — John Dewey > 3. < the microscope magnified the object 100 diameters > intransitive verb 1. < a glass that magnifies greatly > 2. now dialect Britain Synonyms: see exalt • - magnify oneself against |
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