aggrandizing
v. 擴大某人的權力( aggrandize的現在分詞 ); 提高某人的地位; 誇大; 吹捧
To aggrandize someone means to make them seem richer, more powerful, and more important than they really are. To aggrandize a building means to make it more impressive.
At the dinner table, my father would go on and on, showing off, aggrandising himself...
我父親在餐桌上總是滔滔不絕地炫耀並吹噓自己。
...plans to aggrandise the building.
擴充該大樓的計劃