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单词 heroize
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Definition of heroize in English:

heroize

(British heroise)
verb ˈhɛrəʊʌɪzˈhɪərəʊʌɪzˈhirōˌīz
[with object]
  • Treat or represent as a hero.

    the father is heroized for his long forbearance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Nor did anything I said attempt to heroise anyone - that is not and was never my intention.
    • Instinctively, I resist heroizing people who have that much power.
    • The tyranny associated by Renaissance humanists with the age of chivalric knights and with the knight figure caused romances that heroize the bygone age to fall into disfavor.
    • Chapters three and four discuss the image of the pirate as constructed in trials and the press, showing how late seventeenth-century sea-rovers William Kidd and Henry Avery were heroized.
    • But in actuality, the leading Minimalists have been hardly less heroized than prior members of the elite of art historical canons.
    • East and West became fused in the feelings and mind of the traveler who re-encountered schoolroom heroizing of Greek and Roman tradition alongside the difference made by a visit to the East.
    • Even though quite explicit about the ‘violence’ of the Romans, Plutarch establishes the tradition of legitimizing and even heroizing the rape from the perspective of future history.
    • Heroic cults, involving both the alleged graves of mythical heroes and those of the heroized historical founders of new cities, are an important category of cult located in the Agora.
    • I'm sick of the lassitude, sick of the despair and the heroising of banality.
    Synonyms
    ennoble, exalt, elevate, lift up, add dignity to, dignify, add lustre to, add distinction to, enhance, increase, augment, promote, boost
 
 

Definition of heroize in US English:

heroize

(British heroise)
verbˈhirōˌīz
[with object]
  • Treat or represent as a hero.

    the father is heroized for long forbearance
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But in actuality, the leading Minimalists have been hardly less heroized than prior members of the elite of art historical canons.
    • Chapters three and four discuss the image of the pirate as constructed in trials and the press, showing how late seventeenth-century sea-rovers William Kidd and Henry Avery were heroized.
    • I'm sick of the lassitude, sick of the despair and the heroising of banality.
    • Nor did anything I said attempt to heroise anyone - that is not and was never my intention.
    • Even though quite explicit about the ‘violence’ of the Romans, Plutarch establishes the tradition of legitimizing and even heroizing the rape from the perspective of future history.
    • The tyranny associated by Renaissance humanists with the age of chivalric knights and with the knight figure caused romances that heroize the bygone age to fall into disfavor.
    • Heroic cults, involving both the alleged graves of mythical heroes and those of the heroized historical founders of new cities, are an important category of cult located in the Agora.
    • Instinctively, I resist heroizing people who have that much power.
    • East and West became fused in the feelings and mind of the traveler who re-encountered schoolroom heroizing of Greek and Roman tradition alongside the difference made by a visit to the East.
    Synonyms
    ennoble, exalt, elevate, lift up, add dignity to, dignify, add lustre to, add distinction to, enhance, increase, augment, promote, boost
 
 
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