magnify 音标拼音: [m'ægnəf
, ɑɪ]
vt . 放大,扩大,赞美,夸大
vi . 有放大能力
放大,扩大,赞美,夸大有放大能力
magnify 放大
magnify v 1 :
increase in size ,
volume or significance ; "
Her terror was magnified in her mind " [
synonym : {
magnify }, {
amplify }]
2 :
to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth ; "
tended to romanticize and exaggerate this `
gracious Old South '
imagery " [
synonym :
{
overstate }, {
exaggerate }, {
overdraw }, {
hyperbolize },
{
hyperbolise }, {
magnify }, {
amplify }] [
ant : {
downplay },
{
minimise }, {
minimize }, {
understate }]
3 :
make large ; "
blow up an image " [
synonym : {
blow up }, {
enlarge },
{
magnify }] [
ant : {
reduce }, {
scale down }]
Magnify \
Mag "
ni *
fy \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Magnified };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Magnifying }.] [
OE .
magnifien ,
F .
magnifier ,
L .
magnificare .
See {
Magnific }.]
1 .
To make great ,
or greater ;
to increase the dimensions of ;
to amplify ;
to enlarge ,
either in fact or in appearance ;
as ,
the microscope magnifies the object by a thousand diameters .
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The least error in a small quantity . . .
will in a great one . . .
be proportionately magnified .
--
Grew .
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2 .
To increase the importance of ;
to augment the esteem or respect in which one is held .
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On that day the Lord magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel . --
Joshua iv .
14 .
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3 .
To praise highly ;
to laud ;
to extol . [
Archaic ]
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O ,
magnify the Lord with me ,
and let us exalt his name together . --
Ps .
xxxiv .
3 .
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4 .
To exaggerate ;
as ,
to magnify a loss or a difficulty .
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{
To magnify one '
s self } (
Script .),
to exhibit pride and haughtiness ;
to boast .
{
To magnify one '
s self against } (
Script .),
to oppose with pride .
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Magnify \
Mag "
ni *
fy \,
v .
i .
1 .
To have the power of causing objects to appear larger than they really are ;
to increase the apparent dimensions of objects ;
as ,
some lenses magnify but little .
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2 .
To have effect ;
to be of importance or significance . [
Cant &
Obs .] --
Spectator .
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167 Moby Thesaurus words for "
magnify ":
accelerate ,
add to ,
adulate ,
agent provocateur ,
aggrandize ,
aggravate ,
amplify ,
annoy ,
apotheose ,
apotheosize ,
augment ,
ballyhoo ,
beatify ,
beef up ,
belaud ,
bepraise ,
bless ,
bless the Lord ,
bloat ,
blow up ,
boast of ,
boost ,
brag about ,
broaden ,
build ,
build up ,
bulk ,
bulk out ,
burlesque ,
canonize ,
caricature ,
carry too far ,
celebrate ,
color ,
complicate ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
crescendo ,
crown ,
cry up ,
deepen ,
deify ,
deteriorate ,
develop ,
dignify ,
dilate ,
distend ,
distinguish ,
double ,
doxologize ,
dramatize ,
draw the longbow ,
elevate ,
embellish ,
embitter ,
emblazon ,
enhance ,
enlarge ,
ennoble ,
enshrine ,
enthrone ,
erect ,
eulogize ,
exacerbate ,
exaggerate ,
exalt ,
exasperate ,
expand ,
extend ,
extol ,
flatter ,
fudge ,
glamorize ,
glorify ,
glorify the Lord ,
go to extremes ,
heat up ,
heighten ,
hero -
worship ,
hike ,
hike up ,
honor ,
hop up ,
hot up ,
huff ,
hymn ,
hyperbolize ,
idolize ,
immortalize ,
increase ,
inflate ,
intensify ,
irritate ,
jazz up ,
key up ,
laud ,
lay it on ,
lionize ,
make acute ,
make complex ,
make legendary ,
make much of ,
make worse ,
maximize ,
mount ,
multiply ,
overcharge ,
overdo ,
overdraw ,
overemphasize ,
overestimate ,
overpaint ,
overpraise ,
overreach ,
overreact ,
oversell ,
overspeak ,
overstate ,
overstress ,
pad ,
panegyrize ,
pay tribute ,
pile it on ,
porter aux nues ,
praise ,
praise God ,
provoke ,
puff ,
puff up ,
pump ,
pump up ,
raise ,
ramify ,
rarefy ,
redouble ,
reinforce ,
rouse ,
saint ,
salute ,
sanctify ,
set up ,
sharpen ,
sing praises ,
soup up ,
sour ,
step up ,
strengthen ,
stretch ,
stretch the truth ,
sublime ,
sufflate ,
swell ,
talk big ,
talk in superlatives ,
throne ,
tout ,
travesty ,
triple ,
trumpet ,
up ,
uplift ,
uprear ,
vise ,
whet ,
widen ,
worsen
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