lionize

1. 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]

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。

The press began to lionize him enthusiastically. 媒体开始狂热地吹捧他。

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。