小词详解 | extol

extol 英 [ɪkˈstəʊl] 美 [ɪkˈstoʊl]

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外刊例句

• People who extol free markets often blame such stagnation on excessive regulation.
  颂扬自由市场的人经常把这样的发展停滞归咎于监管过度。
  ——《经济学人》

• A brochure promoting investment opportunities in Kwangju touts its reputation as "the Vanguard of Democracy" and extols its citizens "who sacrificed so much against the past unjust regime in order to recover its freedom."
  一本为促进光州投资机会而制作的小册子以“民主先锋”之名来宣扬光州，也夸耀光州人民“为了恢复光州的自由，对抗不公正的旧政权，做过重大牺牲”。
  ——《时代周刊》

基本释义

[verb] praise enthusiastically
[动词] 热情地赞美

深入解读

Extol 是一个与小站（微信公众号：田间小站）之前推送过的 exalt 容易相混淆的单词。该词源自拉丁语 extollere （放在高处、举起、升高，喻指“颂扬、赞扬”），15世纪进入英语后也是用来表示“颂扬、赞扬、赞美、赞颂”，多指热情、高度地赞扬某人或某物，常意味着对所赞扬的人或事物进行提升和放大，比如：

• 人人称颂他在内战期间的英雄事迹。
  Everyone extols his heroic exploits during the civil war.

• 弗洛伦斯·南丁格尔被誉为现代护理事业的奠基人。
  Florence Nightingale was extolled as the founder of modern nursing.

值得注意的是， extol 在美式英语中也较少拼作 extoll ，并且两种拼法的过去式（extolling）、过去分词（extolled）、现在分词（extolled）都双写字母 l 。

权威用例

要繁荣文艺创作，坚持思想精深、艺术精湛、制作精良相统一，加强现实题材创作，不断推出讴歌党、讴歌祖国、讴歌人民、讴歌英雄的精品力作。
We encourage them to create fine works that are thought provoking and of a high artistic standard, that reflect real life, and that extol our Party, our country, our people, and our heroes.

出自十九大报告《决胜全面建成小康社会 夺取新时代中国特色社会主义伟大胜利》（Secure a Decisive Victory in Building a Moderately Prosperous Society in All Respects and Strive for the Great Success of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era）。

同近义词

• acclaim: praise enthusiastically and publicly

• eulogize: praise highly in speech or writing

• laud: praise (a person or their achievements) highly, especially in a public context

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