单词 | glamorize |
释义 | glamorizeglamourizev. Originally U.S. transitive. To make glamorous or attractive. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > attract [verb (transitive)] > glamorize glamorize1936 glamour1951 ritz1962 exoticize1969 1936 Silver Screen Dec. 5 They [sc. film stars] are so glamorized and vaporized and made to appear in print as somebody they aren't at all. 1938 News of World 12 June 7/2 Is this the way to glamorise ‘a godsend’..? Shouldn't your advisers be aware that..his employers are..mightily concerned in finding him tough, he-man roles? 1941 Amer. Speech 16 98 Although the advertising writer does a creditable job of glamourizing colors and fabrics, he reserves his best efforts for the finished products. 1953 X. Fielding Stronghold 28 An outlaw whom the passage of time has glamourized into a figure..improbably noble. Derivatives glamoriˈzation n. (also glamouri'zation) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > attractiveness > [noun] > glamour > making glamorous glamorization1952 zhuzh1968 1952 Scrutiny XIX. i. 39 A startling and quite unacceptable palliation, indeed glamorization, of acts which are by the book's own canons grievous sins. 1966 Listener 1 Sept. 300/2 What about the glamorization of crime as it is alleged to take place on certain mass media, particularly television? ˈglamorized adj. (also 'glamourized) ΚΠ 1942 ‘M. Innes’ Daffodil Affair i. ii. 13 The glamorized advertisements, the pulsing sexy music. 1967 W. Soyinka Kongi's Harvest 24 The State will adopt towards him and to all similar institutions the policy of glamourised fossilism. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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