idealize
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++i·deal·ize (also idealise British English) /aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/ verb [transitive] PERFECTto imagine or represent something or someone as being perfect or better than they really are 把…理想化；把…视为理想 Society continues to idealize the two-parent family. 社会依然把双亲家庭视为理想家庭。 an idealized view of marriage 理想化的婚姻观 —idealization /aɪˌdɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [countable, uncountable]→ See Verb table
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idealize• He had one friend, Adam, whom he idealized.• It is certainly less idealized, and less given to black-and-white distinctions.• Continuity is idealized as a family relationship and is symbolized in terms such as parent company or child subcontractor.• She always idealized her father, who had died when she was five.• It's because you idealize kids, Meg.• On their back panels are usually scenes from a Bengali film or an idealized landscape.• The movie idealizes life in the 1600s.• People often idealize the past.• We idealize the world of jobs and conveniently forget how boring and depressing most people found it.i·deal·ize verbChineseSyllable
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idealize
i‧deal‧ize
(also idealise British English) /aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/ verb [transitive]
to imagine or represent something or someone as being perfect or better than they really are:
Society continues to idealize the two-parent family.
an idealized view of marriage
—idealization /aɪˌdɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
i‧deal‧ize
(also idealise British English) /aɪˈdɪəlaɪz/ verb [transitive]to imagine or represent something or someone as being perfect or better than they really are:
—idealization /aɪˌdɪəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ -lə-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
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