lionize
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/ˈlaɪənaɪz/
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/ˈlaɪənaɪz/
to treat someone like a celebrity or a very important person
After his groundbreaking discovery, he was lionized by the scientific community.
在他做出了開創性的發現之後,他被科學界奉為英雄。