ennoble

动词 ennoble:

1. confer dignity or honor upon
   同义词：dignify
2. give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility
   同义词：gentle, entitle

1. Ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.
   因其杰出的功劳授予总理爵位
2. His character has been ennobled by all his sufferings.
   他受尽苦难，却志节弥高。

en.no.ble

v.tr.（及物动词）
en.no.bled,en.no.bling,en.no.bles
To make noble:
使崇高：
例句：
.that chastity of honor . . . which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil.(Edmund Burke)
.那荣誉的贞洁使它所接触的一切都更尊敬，而在此贞洁之下便是邪恶本身也会失去它一半的罪恶.(埃德蒙·伯克)

To confer nobility upon:
授予爵位：
例句：
ennoble a prime minister for distinguished service.
因其杰出的功劳授予总理爵位

来源：
Middle English *ennoblen
中古英语 *ennoblen
from Old French ennoblir
源自 古法语 ennoblir
en- [causative pref.] * see en-
en- [使役前缀] *参见 en-
noble [noble] * see noble
noble [贵族] *参见 noble

【引伸】
enno.blement
n.（名词）
enno.bler
n.（名词）