aggrandize

1. V-T To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive. 吹捧; 誇大(某人的財(cái)富、權(quán)勢或重要性等); 誇大(建築物的外表使其更加壯觀)[表不滿]

At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandizing himself. 喫飯時(shí)我父親縂是不停地誇耀和吹噓自己。

...plans to aggrandize the building. ...使建築物更加壯觀的計(jì)劃。