Aggrandizement

(noun.) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something; 'the aggrandizement of the king'; 'his elevation to cardinal'.

本杰明录入

• Instead, it put at the disposal of a class the means to secure their old ends of aggrandizement at the expense of another class. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Power therefore was the aim of all his endeavours; aggrandizement the mark at which he for ever shot. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

卡米尔录入