extol

• vt.褒め称える。

ex-、外に向かって。-extolは「耐える」、「持ち上げる」、語源的にはtolerateと同じ。

extol

extol: see tolerate

extol (v.)

also extoll, c. 1400, "to lift up," from Latin extollere "to place on high, raise, elevate," figuratively "to exalt, praise," from ex- "up" (see ex-) + tollere "to raise," from PIE *tele- "to bear, carry," "with derivatives referring to measured weights and thence money and payment" [Watkins].

Cognates include Greek talantos "bearing, suffering," tolman "to carry, bear," telamon "broad strap for bearing something," talenton "a balance, pair of scales," Atlas "the 'Bearer' of Heaven;" Lithuanian tiltas "bridge;" Sanskrit tula "balance," tulayati "lifts up, weighs;" Latin tolerare "to bear, support," latus "borne;" Old English tolian "to endure;" Armenian tolum "I allow." Figurative sense of "praise highly" in English is first attested c. 1500. Related: Extolled; extolling.

1. Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat.

医師は脂肪を減らすことの利点をよく宣伝している。

2.We of the younger generation extol the wisdom of the great leader and educator.

私たちの若い世代はその偉大な導き手と教育家の知恵を崇拝している。

3.It is the humour of many heads to extol the days of their forefathers.

多くの人が先祖をもてあそぶ時代を持って生まれた。

4.If you extol dawn，then ask you to embrace night too？

夜明けを謳歌したことがあるなら、夜も抱きしめてください？

5.Remember，you should extol his work，which men have praised in song.

彼を讃える工事を覚えておいてください。これは人々が歌うべきものです。