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

单词	uplift
释义	uplift I. uplift \\| ̷ ̷\| ̷ ̷\ adjective Etymology: Middle English, from up + lift, past participle of liften to lift archaic : uplifted II. up·lift \\|əp\|lift sometimes _əpˈl-\ verb Etymology: Middle English upliften, from up + liften to lift *transitive verb* 1. : to raise to a higher physical position : lift up; specifically : to push up (a part of the earth's surface) above the surrounding area 2. : to improve or attempt to improve the condition of especially spiritually, socially, culturally, or intellectually < love uplifts the lover's being — H.O.Taylor > < stirring to uplift their masses from age-old conditions of squalor and ignorance — Howard M. Jones > 3. Scotland : to take (as money that is owed) into one's possession : collect 4. : raise 5 < uplifted their voices in song > *intransitive verb* : to rise especially because of geologic forces III. uplift \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Usage: often attributive : an act, process, result, or cause of uplifting: as a. (1) : the uplifting of a part of the earth's surface either uniform throughout a region or differential (as in tilting) < the uplift of continents drained vast areas of land — W.E.Swinton > (2) : an uplifted mass of land < beyond the desert rise the mountains, the first outlying ranges of that vast uplift — Douglas Carruthers > b. : the upward pressure of water (as on the base of a structure) c. : an elevation of spirit or emotion < should have brought a larger mentality, a more vital uplift — Cosmopolitan > d. : a bettering of condition : improvement < did for their uplift all that the custom of the times permitted — C.G.Woodson > e. (1) : influences that are intended to improve especially morally or culturally : the ideas of active participants in programs for improvement especially of moral and cultural standards < night life … is conducted in an atmosphere of furious rectitude, fashionable economy, and intellectual uplift — Gilbert Millstein > < all this bosh sounds like uplift; I teach my students English — W.G.Perry > < had been delighted when his daily poem and his uplift editorials first proved successful — Willa Cather > (2) : a social movement to improve especially morally or culturally : the work or cause of uplifting < goes in for public things — very strong on woman suffrage, charities, uplift, and pacifism — O.M.Johnson > < owns all the uplift papers — John Buchan > f. : a brassiere designed to hold the breasts up
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