lionize /ˈlaɪəˌnaɪz/ (lionizing,lionized,lionizes)

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  V-T（及物动词） 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。