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单词 aggrandizement
释义
aggrandizement
noun[U]
formaldisapproving(UKusuallyaggrandisement)
uk
/əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/us
/əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/
anincreaseinpowerorimportance:
（权力、重要性或财富的）扩大，提高，增加
He gives a lot ofmoneytocharity, butpersonalaggrandizement is hismotive.
Webelieveshe ismerelyworkingfor her own aggrandizement.
This is not awarofconquestornationalaggrandizement.
Related word
aggrandize
See also
self-aggrandizement
More examples
  • Perhaps thepublicdoesn'tcareaboutadultery, andthinksthepressisattackingpoliticiansmerelyforitsown aggrandizement.
  • Thisadministrationseekstocrusheveryattempttoshinealightonitsaggrandizement ofpower.
  • Theiraimis tosatisfytheirdesiresand toseekpowerandsocialaggrandizement.
  • They should notmisusetheirauthorityforpersonalaggrandizement orgain.
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(Definition ofaggrandizementfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)
aggrandizement
noun[U]
formaldisapproving(UKusuallyaggrandisement)
uk
/əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/us
/əˈɡræn.dɪz.mənt/
anincreaseinpowerorimportance
（权力、重要性或财富的）扩大，提高，增加
He gives a lot ofmoneytocharity, butpersonalaggrandizement/self-aggrandizement is hismotive.他捐了很多钱给慈善机构，但他的动机却是为了提高个人的地位。

Examplesofaggrandizement

aggrandizement
Thus, both architecturally and socially, theaggrandizementplayed out in a way that recognized local needs alongside monarchical ones.
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Our two conflicting goals, materialaggrandizementand mental security, have political dimensions as well.
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Eventually, the circumstances in which rituals were performed changed, and sentiments of community solidarity won out over those ofaggrandizement.
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All participants desiredaggrandizement, but would oppose any such growth amongst their rivals.
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If chieflyaggrandizementwas unthinkable, so was chiefly accountability : a chief could hardly be held personally accountable for property which belonged to the stool.
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Second, are their leaders really bellicose and out to have war at any price for their ownaggrandizement?
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Their only concern is personalaggrandizement.
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He endeavours to show that all social laws are the crystallized results of selfishaggrandizementand protective alliances among the weak.
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The term is also used derisively by critics as an insinuation ofaggrandizementby such ministers.
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He was cruel and treacherous, and had no aim beyond his ownaggrandizement.
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Be ambitious not for money or for selfishaggrandizement, not for that evanescent thing which men call fame.
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