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extol

/ik-stohl, -stol/US // ɪkˈstoʊl, -ˈstɒl //UK // (ɪkˈstəʊl) //

揄扬,颂扬,歌颂,宣扬

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ex·tolled, ex·tol·ling.

    • : to praise highly; laud; eulogize: to extol the beauty of Naples.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsing the praises of
Forms: extols

Examples

  • There’s even a Jamaican folk song called “Mango Time” that extols this peak season.

  • After decrying mankind’s greed and obliviousness, her statement extols forests as collectives whose “collaborative wisdom is something we humans might learn from and perhaps be saved by.”

  • Michael Tubbs, the mayor who brought the program to the area, appeared on national television programs to extol its virtues.

  • Meyer went on the John Ankerberg show to extol the theological virtues of the Big Bang.

  • One might extol Apple for acting in the fashion of a responsible corporate citizen with its decision.

  • We extol celebrity at a time when it has never seemed more fleeting or meaningless.

  • "Usually, when they publish a commentary, it's to extol the study, or show how it's advanced the field," DeStefano says.

  • Well-credentialed members of the mainstream media privately extol her.

  • Are you not ashamed to extol this revolting and commonplace stuff, which aspires to be psychologically profound?

  • Let historians extol blood-shedding; it is woman's place to abhor it.

  • He does not extol physical science alone, though doubtless he had a preference for it over metaphysical inquiries.

  • Where was thy judgment, man, To extol a virgin Sanazarro tells me Is nearer to deformity?

  • Cease with high-sounding praise to extol the womanly nature, while practically you deny that there is any.