lionize是什么意思？

lionize

英[ˈlaɪənaɪz] 美[ˈlaɪəˌnaɪz]

• vt. 把…视做要人，捧人；

第三人称单数：lionizes;

过去式：lionized;

过去分词：lionized;

现在分词：lionizing;

例句

• The press began to lionize him enthusiastically. 媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。
• The press began to lionize him enthusiastically... 媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  把…视作要人；把…奉为名人
  If someone is lionized, they are treated as if they are very important or special by a particular group of people, often when they do not really deserve to be.
  例句
  By the 1920's, he was lionised by literary London... 到了20世纪20年代，他成为伦敦文学界的宠儿。 The press began to lionize him enthusiastically... 媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。

英汉词典释义

• vt.
  把…视做要人；捧人
  He wanted to be loved, not lionized. 他要的是爱而不是崇拜。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. assign great social importance to;
  "The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood""The tenor was lionized in Vienna"