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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·tol /ɪkˈstəʊl $ -ˈstoʊl/ verb (extolled, extolling) [transitive]  formalPRAISE to praise something very much 赞美,颂扬extol the virtues/benefits etc of something a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise 赞颂自由企业制优点的讲话→ See Verb table
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extolLet us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.Everywhere, the glory of the ancient era is extolled in stone.Thus ran the old rhyme, extolling the produce of the Bunnhouse, situated between Union and Westbourne Streets.All the writings that extolled the role of Mary were ultimately excluded from the canon.The fundamentalist opposition movements that extol the veil are reactivating this age-old connection.But now is not the time to be extolling the virtues of Anglo-Saxon shareholder capitalism.The extreme western edge of the square has the now compulsory big city billboards extolling the virtues of consumerism.extol the virtues/benefits etc of somethingBut now is not the time to be extolling the virtues of Anglo-Saxon shareholder capitalism.The extreme western edge of the square has the now compulsory big city billboards extolling the virtues of consumerism.The following speech extols the virtues of order and degree.We have had several letters from readers extolling the virtues of ponies, and how many are having enormous fun with them.At news conferences in each town, he dutifully steps to the podium and extols the virtues of such a noteworthy matchup.Since the war, each time the Conservative Party has come into power it has extolled the virtues of the market.The appraiser went on for some time, extolling the virtues of the scholarship.The tutor extols the virtues of this approach and you, of course, agree.
Origin extol (1500-1600) Latin extollere, from tollere to lift up
ex·tol verbChineseSyllable
something to very praise Corpus much


extol
extol /ɪkˈstəʊl $ -ˈstoʊl/ verb (past tense and past participle extolled, present participle extolling) [transitive]
 Date: 1500-1600
 Language: Latin
 Origin: extollere, from tollere 'to lift up'
formal to praise something very much
    extol the virtues/benefits etc of something
    a speech extolling the merits of free enterprise


extolBrE /ɪkˈstəʊl/ 🔊NAmE /ɪkˈstoʊl/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they extol BrE /ɪkˈstəʊl/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstoʊl/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it extols BrE /ɪkˈstəʊlz/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstoʊlz/ 🔊past simple extolled BrE /ɪkˈstəʊld/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstoʊld/ 🔊past participle extolled BrE /ɪkˈstəʊld/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstoʊld/ 🔊 -ing form extolling BrE /ɪkˈstəʊlɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ɪkˈstoʊlɪŋ/ 🔊 (formal) to praise sb/sth very much 赞扬;颂扬;称赞~ sb/sth Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。🔊🔊~ sb/sth as sth She was extolled as a genius. 她被誉为天才。🔊🔊