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单词 elevated
释义 elevated
I. adjective
1.
 a. : raised especially above the ground or other surface : situated at a high level
  < the house stood on an elevated site >
  < after the skin becomes elevated and lumpy, pus forms — Morris Fishbein >
 b. : increased especially abnormally (as in degree or amount)
  < the pulse rate is elevated slightly — D.W.Maurer & V.H.Vogel >
  < an elevated temperature >
2.
 a. : morally or intellectually on a high plane : aloof from what is mean or ignoble : marked by nobility of thought or feeling : noble, refined, edifying
  < his elevated mind abominated the luxuries of an effete civilization — Elinor Wylie >
  < elevated ideas >
 b. : formal, dignified, exalted, lofty
  < we must not smile at the elevated diction of this letter — H.S.Canby >
  < by prose I mean … plain, workaday prose, not artistic or elevated prose — J.L.Lowes >
3.
 a. : exalted in mood or feeling : exhilarated, excited
  < she was in one of those moods of elevated feeling, when the soul is upheld by a strange tranquillity — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
 b. : tipsy, intoxicated
  < he drinks much champagne and becomes elevated — Joyce Cary >
el·e·vat·ed·ly adverb
el·e·vat·ed·ness noun -es
II. noun
(-s)
: elevated railroad
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