Aggrandize tarimas:

/ə'grændaiz/

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Žodžio paaiškinimas anglų kalba:

• verb-transitive: To increase the scope of; extend.
• verb-transitive: To make greater in power, influence, stature, or reputation.
• verb-transitive: To make appear greater; exaggerate: aggrandize one argument while belittling another.

Angliško žodžio naudojimo pavyzdys:

• Re: Frederic Wakeman's review of China Men [NYR, August 14]: I did not write the myths to "aggrandize" my family and other Chinese Americans by connecting us to the high culture of China.
• Ill-fare malefits do not 'benefit the poor' at the expense of the rich; they aggrandize the power-seeker at the expense of those who value freedom-from-aggression.
• Much easier for two elites to unite on their true common ground: aggrandize their own money and power, and the populations they rule take the hindmost.
• But using the authority of "God" to justify unjust acts and to aggrandize personal power has lead to today's state, where the very word "God" has become a subject of debate, rather than a transcendent authority for good.
• But not only does he disaggregate the issue, he, along with others failed to aggrandize the issue.

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