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To extol something is to praise it very highly — not a small “that’s nice,” but strong, open praise, as if you were lifting it up for everyone to see. You extol a person’s good qualities, the benefits of a plan, or a place you love. It is a formal, slightly old-fashioned word: you meet it in speeches, reviews, and textbooks more than in the . Though actually, when people extol something they sometimes overdo it, so a careful listener may wonder if the praise is tidier than the thing itself. Day to day, younger speakers more often say praise, rave about, or talk up.
頌揚、極力稱讚
組成Borrowed from Latin extollō, “to elevate, to raise high.” The picture is that praise lifts something up.
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
extolverb/ɪkˈstəʊl/
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To praise; to make high.
- Behold, my servant shall deal prudently, he shall be exalted and extolled, and be very high.
- It not only congratulates the Pope, but panegyrizes his Holiness, extols the college of cardinals and the bishops of Italy, calls upon the ashes of the martyrs to rejoice, apostrophizes Peter and Paul, and pays many fine compliments to happy Britain, although dissentient from the Romish faith;—it then reverts, in conclusion, to the Pope, and ends with intreating his blessing and assuring him of the prayers of his Irish congratulators.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。