lionize

verb

1. 把（某人）视为名人；把（某人）当成要人对待
   to treat sb as a famous or important person

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 lionise


1. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. The press began to lionize him enthusiastically...
      媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。
   3. In 1936, Max Schmeling had been lionised as boxing's great hope.
      在1936年，马克斯·施梅林被奉为拳击界的一大希望。

1. The press began to lionize him enthusiastically
   媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。
2. And if they continued to lionize him in a public fashion, that these kinds of public demonstrations can only have a profoundly negative effect on our relationship.
   而且，如果他们继续大张旗鼓地欢迎此人，这种公开展示的方式只能对我们的关系产生深远的负面影响。

verb

1. assign great social importance to
   1. The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood
   2. The tenor was lionized in Vienna

   Synonym:    lionisecelebrate