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单词 idolize
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Definition of idolize in English:

idolize

(British idolise)
verb ˈʌɪd(ə)lʌɪzˈaɪdlˌaɪz
[with object]
  • Admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively.

    he idolized his mother
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In my early teens my friends and I simply adored and idolised the fabulous 1958 Bolton Wanderers FA Cup winning team, of which Ray was inside left.
    • In fact in the same way that Victoria admires me, he idolizes Morgan, though I don't know why.
    • She has one annoying but lovable big brother that looks out for her, and a little sister that adores and idolizes her.
    • The calf took food from Papa and me but she clearly idolized Mother as the savior who brought the bottle.
    • She idolises her artist mother, Ingrid, who is as strong and dangerous as she is beautiful.
    • These are helping people to find mates identifying and uniting against enemies venerating or idolising a figure, institution or ideology.
    • This year's group includes a single mum who loves Beyonce, a rocker who idolises Pink, and a handyman who bears a resemblance to first series runner-up Shannon Noll.
    • She was a keen music fan who loved pop music and idolised Justin Timberlake.
    • Those had been the years when she idolized her mother, and the Queen Aurora could commit no crime in her daughter's innocent eyes.
    • He is a sprawling maverick with a gravel-slide voice and bluesy guitar copied by Eric Clapton, idolised by Phil Collins and revered for his gruff love ballads.
    • Pre-pubescent boys love her, screaming little girls idolise her, 20 somethings want to be her and old men look at her and wish they were forty years younger.
    • My mother idolised my father and I know my father loved my mother deeply.
    • He is one of those players who opposition players and fans love to hate at the same time as he is idolised in his own backyard.
    • Some religions have several Gods, demi-Gods or deities, but they are also idolized or venerated by their followers.
    • Jeff, who idolizes his mother, insists on emulating the conservative upbringing of his youth.
    • Sheridan adored and idolized his big brother, Toews noted.
    • I realize that as much as I respect these musicians, I do not idolize them very much in the form of hero worship.
    • Doug loved watching James Bond movies and idolised the bad guys, always plotting and scheming to become one himself, ‘only successful’ was his idea.
    • Tributes poured in from Republicans who idolized him and Democrats who respected his love of country and his political skills.
    • Oscie's relationship with her mother has shifted from idolizing her to taking care of her.
    Synonyms
    hero-worship, worship, revere, venerate, deify, lionize, adulate, adore, stand in awe of, reverence, look up to, admire, exalt, love, dote upon
    informal put on a pedestal

Derivatives

  • idolization

  • noun ʌɪd(ə)lʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n
    • The idolization of the market as a perfect, self-regulating mechanism that always leads to the best possible outcomes is as far from reality as the hopes of socialist central planners.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The difference between seeing The Smiths live and Morrissey live can be characterized as the difference between adoration and idolization.
      • After people become fed up with stereotypical beauty idols, which Warhol once mocked in his works on Hollywood stars, an idolization of alternative celebrities arises.
      • Nevertheless, the plot makes some cogent comments on the idolization of designers, and the ending is ruthlessly appropriate.
      • I was a fourteen year old whose mother made fun of her own idolization of another self-obsessed, overly dramatic singer who similarly became a bloated replica of himself.
  • idolizer

  • noun ˈʌɪdəlʌɪzəˈaɪdlˌaɪzər
    • As a historical interpretation, it built on the work of nineteenth-century custodians of revolutionary traditions, most famously perhaps Jules Michelet, that apocalyptic idolizer of The People.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • And idolisers are mostly irrational; I don't want blind worshipping.
      • As well as pro-monarchists and pro-communists, there are a host of other sons and idolisers of long-dead politicians from the post-war era.
      • I've been told that Herr Schmidt is not a great idoliser of Bavarian foods.
      • But idolizers and idols are used wherever gods are in flight and so announce their nearness.
 
 

Definition of idolize in US English:

idolize

(British idolise)
verbˈaɪdlˌaɪzˈīdlˌīz
[with object]
  • Admire, revere, or love greatly or excessively.

    he idolized his mother
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He is a sprawling maverick with a gravel-slide voice and bluesy guitar copied by Eric Clapton, idolised by Phil Collins and revered for his gruff love ballads.
    • I realize that as much as I respect these musicians, I do not idolize them very much in the form of hero worship.
    • Some religions have several Gods, demi-Gods or deities, but they are also idolized or venerated by their followers.
    • In my early teens my friends and I simply adored and idolised the fabulous 1958 Bolton Wanderers FA Cup winning team, of which Ray was inside left.
    • She idolises her artist mother, Ingrid, who is as strong and dangerous as she is beautiful.
    • She has one annoying but lovable big brother that looks out for her, and a little sister that adores and idolizes her.
    • Oscie's relationship with her mother has shifted from idolizing her to taking care of her.
    • Sheridan adored and idolized his big brother, Toews noted.
    • In fact in the same way that Victoria admires me, he idolizes Morgan, though I don't know why.
    • He is one of those players who opposition players and fans love to hate at the same time as he is idolised in his own backyard.
    • Tributes poured in from Republicans who idolized him and Democrats who respected his love of country and his political skills.
    • Pre-pubescent boys love her, screaming little girls idolise her, 20 somethings want to be her and old men look at her and wish they were forty years younger.
    • My mother idolised my father and I know my father loved my mother deeply.
    • She was a keen music fan who loved pop music and idolised Justin Timberlake.
    • This year's group includes a single mum who loves Beyonce, a rocker who idolises Pink, and a handyman who bears a resemblance to first series runner-up Shannon Noll.
    • Doug loved watching James Bond movies and idolised the bad guys, always plotting and scheming to become one himself, ‘only successful’ was his idea.
    • The calf took food from Papa and me but she clearly idolized Mother as the savior who brought the bottle.
    • Jeff, who idolizes his mother, insists on emulating the conservative upbringing of his youth.
    • These are helping people to find mates identifying and uniting against enemies venerating or idolising a figure, institution or ideology.
    • Those had been the years when she idolized her mother, and the Queen Aurora could commit no crime in her daughter's innocent eyes.
    Synonyms
    hero-worship, worship, revere, venerate, deify, lionize, adulate, adore, stand in awe of, reverence, look up to, admire, exalt, love, dote upon
 
 
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