ennoble /ɪˈnəʊbəl/ TEM8 ( ennobling, ennobled, ennobles )

• 1. 

  V-T To ennoble someone or something means to make them more dignified and morally better. 使高贵; 使崇高 [文学性]

  例：

  ...the enduring fundamental principles of life that ennoble mankind.

  ...经久不衰的生活基本准则，让人类彰显高尚。

• 2. 

  ennobling ADJ

  例：

  ...the ennobling and civilizing power of education.

  ...教育使人高尚、文明开化的力量。

• 3. 

  V-T If someone is ennobled, they are made a member of a country's nobility. 封为贵族; 封爵 [正式] [usu passive]

  例：

  ...the son of a financier who had been ennobled.

  ...已获封爵的金融家之子。