elevate

verb

1. 提拔，晋升，提升（到不应有的位置）
   to give sb/sth a higher position or rank, often more important than they deserve
   1. He elevated many of his friends to powerful positions within the government.
      他将许多朋友都提拔到政府部门的要职上。
   2. It was an attempt to elevate football to a subject worthy of serious study.
      这是试图将足球拔高成一门学科来进行严肃的研究。
2. 举起；抬起
   to lift sth up or put sth in a higher position
   1. It is important that the injured leg should be elevated.
      将受伤的腿抬高是很重要的。
3. 提高；使升高
   to make the level of sth increase
   1. Smoking often elevates blood pressure.
      抽烟常常使血压升高。
4. 使情绪高昂；使精神振奋；使兴高采烈
   to improve a person's mood, so that they feel happy
   1. The song never failed to elevate his spirits.
      这首歌总使他精神振奋。

1. VERB 提拔;提升；提高…的地位
   When someone or something achieves a more important rank or status, you can say that they are elevated to it.
   1. He was elevated to the post of prime minister.
      他升任总理。
2. VERB 提高，提升（地位）
   If you elevate something to a higher status, you consider it to be better or more important than it really is.
   1. Don't elevate your superiors to superstar status.
      别把你的上司捧得跟超级巨星似的。
3. VERB 提高;增加
   To elevate something means to increase it in amount or intensity.
   1. Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
      情绪压力可能会导致血压升高。
   2. ...overweight individuals who have elevated cholesterol levels.
      胆固醇水平升高的体重超标者
4. VERB 举起;抬起;使升高
   If you elevate something, you raise it above a horizontal level.
   1. Jack elevated the gun at the sky.
      杰克朝天举枪。

1. Democracy might elevate the common man to a position of political superiority
   民主也许能提升普通人的政治地位，让他们产生优越感。
2. He was elevated to the post of prime minister.
   他升任总理。
3. Don't elevate your superiors to superstar status.
   别把你的上司捧得跟超级巨星似的。
4. Emotional stress can elevate blood pressure.
   情绪压力可能会导致血压升高。
5. Jack elevated the gun at the sky.
   杰克朝天举枪。
6. His energy and talent elevate him to godlike status
   他因精力充沛、才华横溢而被尊为神人。
7. A combined methodology can help elevate service-oriented computing to the mainstream.
   某种组合方法可以帮助将面向服务的计算提升为主流。
8. A satisfying day at work will elevate your mood.
   在工作中满意的一天会提升你的情绪。
9. We elevate the living standards blindly, but lower the quality of life.
   例如我们盲目地提高生活水准却降低生活品质。
10. In so doing, they elevate the status of health.
    这样，它们提高了卫生的地位。
11. We should elevate the issues to our Director.
    我们应该把问题上报给我们的总监。
12. The rapid rise in share prices helped elevate earnings last year.
    去年股价的快速上涨，帮助提高了企业的收益。
13. Objective To elevate the more understanding of pathogenesis and characteristics of clinical symptoms about acute myelitis.
    目的提高对急性脊髓炎的病因、临床特征、诊断与鉴别、治疗的认识。
14. Guide team members in further study and exchange, and elevate the overall technical level of the team.
    指导团队成员学习与交流，提升整体团队技术水平。
15. It is a system that can elevate a couple relationship to the level of art.
    这是一种可以把夫妇关系提升到艺术水平的体系。
16. The result showed using polycarboxylate acid could reduce the cost of the concrete and elevate the concrete durability.
    试验结果表明C30混凝土使用聚羧酸可以降低混凝土成本，提高混凝土的耐久性。
17. The sun will elevate the vibrations enough to allow this to be so.
    太阳将充分提高矿石的振动以允许它实现。
18. They worked hard to elevate the living standards.
    他们努力工作以提高生活水平。
19. It is vitally significant to elevate level of movement training and promote health of entire people.
    这对提高运动训练水平，促进全民健康，具有重要的现实意义。
20. Conclusions Healthy education can prevent and control the complication of cordis cerebral vessels, elevate quality of life.
    结论健康教育能有效地预防和控制高血压心脑血管合并病发生，提高患者生活质量和生命质量。
21. This allows code to lose the calling stack and thereby elevate its security privileges.
    这允许代码失去调用堆栈，从而提升了它的安全特权。
22. It intends to elevate the spirit of the black African culture and awaken the blacks national pride and confidence.
    它旨在提升黑非洲文明的精神，唤起黑人的民族自豪感和自信心。
23. To elevate your competitiveness in today's global economy, you must master information gathering and analysis.
    为提升贵公司在经济全球化的市场上的竞争力，善于收集和分析重要信息至关重要。
24. Effective training is of great function to elevate staff's ability and enterprise performance.
    有效的培训对提升员工能力和企业绩效有极大的作用。
25. Scaffold: Temporary platform used to elevate and support workers and materials during work on a structure or machine.
    鹰架：为了在建筑或机器上工作时提升并支撑工人和材料而搭建的临时的平台。
26. We will elevate the international competitiveness of the port of tokyo.
    我们将提高东京港口的国际竞争力。
27. I told him it would elevate the spirit of the people.
    我告诉他这会振奋人们的精神。
28. For example, elevate the living standard blindly, but lower the quality of life.
    例如：例如，我们盲目地提高生活水准，却降低生活质量。
29. That, I think, will help elevate his game more realistically and practically.
    就是这样，我想，才是实际上和事实上能帮助他提高比赛效率的方法。
30. I want to elevate the living standards.
    我渴望提高生活水平。

  lift elevate hoist raise【导航词义：举起，升起】

  lift v. 举起，抬起

〔辨析〕指用体力或机械将人或事物举起；也指抬起某一身体部位。

  elevate v. 〈正式〉举起，提升

〔辨析〕指将人或物抬高、举高，也可引申指提高地位或职位。

  hoist v. 把…吊起，升起

〔辨析〕常指用绳索、起重机等把某物升起。

  raise v. 举起，抬起

〔辨析〕常指用体力将某事物抬高或举高；也指抬起眼睛、头或脸以向上看。

verb

1. raise in rank or condition
   1. The new law lifted many people from poverty

   Synonym:    liftraise

2. raise from a lower to a higher position
   1. Raise your hands
   2. Lift a load

   Synonym:    raiseliftget upbring up

3. give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
   1. John was kicked upstairs when a replacement was hired
   2. Women tend not to advance in the major law firms
   3. I got promoted after many years of hard work

   Synonym:    promoteupgradeadvancekick upstairsraise