VERB
把…視作要人；把…奉為名人
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.
例句
By the 1920's, he was lionised by literary London...
到了20世紀(jì)20年代，他成為倫敦文學(xué)界的寵兒。
The press began to lionize him enthusiastically...
媒體開始狂熱地吹捧他。