romanticize

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ro·man·ti·cize (also romanticise British English) /rəʊˈmæntəsaɪz, rə- $ roʊ-, rə-/ verb [transitive] PERFECTto talk or think about things in a way that makes them seem more romantic or attractive than they really are 使浪漫化，使具有浪漫色彩 a romanticized image of life during the war 对战时生活的浪漫化描写→ See Verb table

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romanticize• Yet the context should not be romanticized.• It has been romanticized as a tradition of public service when much of it was about the protection of vested interests.• Was he, he wondered, romanticizing his own children because he missed them?• Only those who have not been tied to the land can romanticize it.• Unfortunately, popular folklore eventually romanticized the leader and his tribe, reducing them almost to comic book caricatures.• Men tell violent tales and romanticize the lessons violence brings.• It's easy to romanticize this basically squalid lifestyle and the repression is bound to slow down development.• Much of the film takes a highly romanticized view of life on the streets.• The miner, whose dangerous and unpleasant labour is so misguidedly romanticized, will be eliminated.