lionize /ˈlaɪəˌnaɪz/ ( lionizing, lionized, lionizes )

BRIT also lionise

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  V-T 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. 吹捧 [正式]

  例：

  By the 1920s, he was lionized by literary New York.

  20世纪20年代前，他被纽约文学界所吹捧。

  例：

  The press began to lionize him enthusiastically.

  媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。

  例：

  In 1936, Max Schmeling had been lionized as boxing's great hope.

  1936年，马克斯•史兰明被吹捧为拳击界的很大希望。