dignify

1. V-T To dignify something means to make it impressive. 使顯得尊貴[文學(xué)性]

Tragic literature dignifies sorrow and disaster. 悲劇性文學(xué)使悲傷和災(zāi)難顯得尊貴。

2. V-T 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. 擡高...的身價(jià)[表不滿]

We won't dignify this kind of speculation with a comment. 我們不會(huì)妄加評(píng)論這種猜測(cè)以擡高其身價(jià)。