dignify['diɡnifai]

• vt.
  • 授…以荣誉(或尊严)；使光荣，使变得高贵，使显贵，使变得崇高(或庄严)，给…增光，提高…的地位(或声誉)：

    to dignify someone with a title

    授予某人头衔使其尊贵

    The presence of the mayor dignified the occasion.

    市长的出席提高了这次重大活动的规格。

    You won't dignify the house just by painting it.

    仅仅通过粉刷房子不会给房子增添光彩。

  • 把…夸大为，把…美其名为，给…加以尊号，夸大其名使显得堂皇，授…以不应得的荣誉，抬高…的身价：

    Don't dignify his silly scratchings by calling it scholarship.

    别把他的愚蠢伪造美化为学术。

    He dignified a small collection of books by calling it a library.

    他把寥寥几册藏书美其名曰图书馆。

    to be dignified as

    被美化成

• 变形:

  vt.dignified.dignifying