lionized是什么意思？

lionized

• v. 把…视做要人，捧人( lionize的过去式和过去分词 )；

例句

• All the ladies in London lionized the successful novelist. 伦敦的所有妇女把这成功的小说家捧为名人.
• Yes, I heard he was lionized by the president! 对呀, 我听说总裁力捧他呢!
• He wanted to be loved, not lionized. 他要的是爱而不是崇拜。

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。