idealize /aɪˈdɪəˌlaɪz/ TEM4 ( idealizing, idealized, idealizes )

BRIT also idealise

• 1. 

  V-T If you idealize something or someone, you think of them, or represent them to other people, as being perfect or much better than they really are. 把…理想化

  例：

  People idealize the past.

  人们总是把过去理想化。