ennoble

Word family nounennoblementverbennobleadjectiveennobling

en·no·ble /ɪˈnəʊbəl $ ɪˈnoʊ-/ verb [transitiveT] formal

1 IMPROVEto improve your character 使〔某人〕高尚；使〔某人〕崇高

art which ennobles the human race

使人类更为崇高的艺术

2. PGOto make someone a member of the nobility (=the people in society who have a high rank, such as princes etc) 封〔某人〕为贵族

—ennoblement noun [uncountableU]

—ennobling adjectiveadj

Examples from the Corpus

ennoble• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary - Law Lords - receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled.• There was something ennobling about it.• He ennobled everything he touched with his brush or his pencil.• The Smiths are a synopsis of pain, a resolution - awkwardness and alienation ennobled, given poise.• The Foley family were ennobled in 1711-12.• In any case, in the movie Tolins and Bass took the easier, more ennobling route.

词汇	ennoble
释义	ennoble Word family nounennoblementverbennobleadjectiveennobling en·no·ble /ɪˈnəʊbəl $ ɪˈnoʊ-/ verb [transitiveT] formal 1 IMPROVEto improve your character 使〔某人〕高尚；使〔某人〕崇高 art which ennobles the human race 使人类更为崇高的艺术 2. PGOto make someone a member of the nobility (=the people in society who have a high rank, such as princes etc) 封〔某人〕为贵族 —ennoblement noun [uncountableU] —ennobling adjectiveadj Examples from the Corpus ennoble• Lords of Appeal in Ordinary - Law Lords - receive life baronies on appointment unless they are already ennobled.• There was something ennobling about it.• He ennobled everything he touched with his brush or his pencil.• The Smiths are a synopsis of pain, a resolution - awkwardness and alienation ennobled, given poise.• The Foley family were ennobled in 1711-12.• In any case, in the movie Tolins and Bass took the easier, more ennobling route.
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