纽约时报 | 外刊每日一词 · extol

extol v. /ɪkˈstoʊl/

To praise someone or something highly, especially in a public or formal way. 高度赞扬，盛赞，推崇

To glorify or celebrate something with great enthusiasm. 颂扬，赞颂

Etymology 词源

源自拉丁语 “extollere”，由 “ex-”（向外、完全）和 “tollere”（举起、抬高）构成。

本义是 “将某物高举以示尊重”，后引申为 “通过言语抬高某人 / 某物的地位”，即 “赞扬”。

Collocations 固定搭配

extol the virtues of sth/sb（赞扬某物 / 某人的优点）

extol sb/sth as…（将某人 / 某物推崇为……）

extol the merits of sth（颂扬某物的价值）

publicly extol（公开赞扬）

New York Times

The word extol has appeared in 21 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on June 10 in “The Travel Writer's Dilemma: Share, or Gatekeep?” by Pico Iyer:

“extol” 一词在过去一年中已出目前《纽约时报》网站的 21 篇报道中，包括 6 月 10 日皮科・伊耶所著《旅行作家的困境：分享，还是秘而不宣？》一文：

When I first began writing about foreign wonders, I could extol the hidden jewel known as the Lotus Café in Ubud because few people would ever read my account and even fewer would dream, in 1988, of flying to Bali. Now a mention of a “secret” bar in Barcelona may reach 11 million readers in every corner of the planet, many of whom are on their way to Spain very soon — or at least know of others who will be.

我最初开始撰写国外奇景时，尽可盛赞乌布那家名为 “莲花咖啡馆” 的隐秘瑰宝 —— 只因当时鲜有读者能看到我的文字，而在 1988 年，即便梦想飞往巴厘岛的人也寥寥无几。如今，只要提及巴塞罗那的一家 “秘密” 酒吧，相关内容便可能触达全球各地的 1100 万读者，其中不少人很快便会启程前往西班牙，至少他们知道有其他人即将动身。