dignifies是什么意思？

dignifies

• v. 使显得威严( dignify的第三人称单数 )，使高贵，使显赫，夸大；

例句

• Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster. 悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。
• Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster... 悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使有尊严;使变得庄严;使变得高贵
  To dignify something means to make it impressive.
  例句
  Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster... 悲剧作品使悲伤和灾难得到了升华。 The gatepost was dignified by the weathered brass plate of Dr Harcourt Sibley. 在那块刻有哈考特·西布利医生姓名的久经风雨的黄铜牌映衬下，门柱更增添了几分庄重。
• VERB
  使显得堂皇;抬高…的身价;美化
  If you say that a particular reaction or description dignifies something you have a low opinion of, you mean that it makes it appear acceptable.
  例句
  We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment... 这种猜测不值得我们作任何评论。 It was a technique later dignified by the term 'info-tainment'. 那种技术后来被美其名曰“资讯娱乐”。