extol
verb /ɪkˈstəʊl/
/ɪkˈstəʊl/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they extol | /ɪkˈstəʊl/ /ɪkˈstəʊl/ |
| he / she / it extols | /ɪkˈstəʊlz/ /ɪkˈstəʊlz/ |
| past simple extolled | /ɪkˈstəʊld/ /ɪkˈstəʊld/ |
| past participle extolled | /ɪkˈstəʊld/ /ɪkˈstəʊld/ |
| -ing form extolling | /ɪkˈstəʊlɪŋ/ /ɪkˈstəʊlɪŋ/ |
- to praise somebody/something very much
赞扬；颂扬；称赞 - extol somebody/something Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.
医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。 - extol somebody/something as something She was extolled as a genius.
她被誉为天才。
Collocations DictionaryExtol is used with these nouns as the object:- benefit
- virtue
词源late Middle English: from Latin extollere, from ex- ‘out, upward’ + tollere ‘raise’. - extol somebody/something Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.