romanticize

verb

1. 使浪漫化；使传奇化；使更加富有吸引力
   to make sth seem more attractive or interesting than it really is
   1. romanticizing the past
      把以往浪漫化
   2. a romanticized picture of parenthood
      一幅理想化的为人父母的情景

in BRIT, also use 英国英语亦用 roman-ticise


1. VERB 使浪漫化;使传奇化;使具有浪漫色彩
   If you romanticize someone or something, you think or talk about them in a way which is not at all realistic and which makes them seem better than they really are.
   1. He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present.
      当他对现在不再抱任何幻想时，便把过去想得非常浪漫。

1. He romanticized the past as he became disillusioned with his present.
   当他对现在不再抱任何幻想时，便把过去想得非常浪漫。
2. Gap years and working holidays are still relatively new concepts in China, so a lot of people tend to romanticize them before setting out.
   在中国，间隔年和打工度假仍是相对新颖的理念，因此很多人在出发前容易将其理想化。
3. Of course, he does tend to romanticize things a lot, but then you know hes a romantic.
   当然，他喜欢写的浪漫一点。但是，你们知道的他可是个浪漫的人。我们侦破了许多奇案。
4. Not to romanticize it, but writing is an intimate act, and that aspect is often overlooked as digitization marches on.
   我不是在吹嘘自己有格调，不过我认为书写是一种舒适的行为，但是随着数字化的发展，这一点经常被人忽略了。
5. Do n't romanticize stick to the facts.
   别夸夸其谈了说实际的吧。
6. You may be somewhat of a dreamer and romanticize emotions, yet your dreams may reflect truths when you are in tune to your higher awareness.
   多少会有些梦想家和浪漫主义的色彩，但是这些都影响了你的现实生活。
7. Neptune's time in seventh house Aquarius can romanticize the concepts of marrying a best friend.
   海王星的第七家在宝瓶座的时间可以浪漫的最好的朋友结婚的概念。
8. A lot of people romanticize marriage.
   许多人赋予了婚姻浪漫的色彩。
9. While many romanticize the idea of getting married and living happily ever after, others choose to engage in committed relationships without the legality of becoming man and wife.
   虽然有许多人将结了婚就能过上幸福美好的生活的想法浪漫化，然而，仍有人选择了在没有夫妻合法化的情况下履行承担义务的恋爱关系。
10. Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work! If the story once got abroad, I would never hear the last of it.
    不要使传奇地说这个没有兴趣而且艰苦的工作！要是这个奇闻一旦传出去，就会谈个没完没了。
11. He has a tendency to romanticize war m his novels.
    他想在他的小说里把战争浪漫化。
12. No matter how Barney might want to romanticize it.
    不管巴尼加入多少浪漫的情节。
13. No one would want an author to walk away from authentic evidence, to touch up or romanticize Mary Lincoln's portrait.
    谁也不会要求一位作家不顾确实可靠的证据，把玛丽·林肯的形象加以美化或使之富有浪漫传奇色彩。
14. A novel that refuses to romanticize the grim realities of war.
    毫不掩盖战争中残酷现实的小说。
15. Towards the unknown, sometimes you can't help to romanticize, misjudge, fear, or ignore it, I suppose to be better off just being curious, and serious about it.
    对于未知，人可能或浪漫，或轻视，或恐惧，或干脆忽视，我想还是好奇点比较好，恩，再得多点认真。
16. For me it's better I don't romanticize things as much anymore.
    我还是不要把事情想得太浪漫比较好。
17. Sure, it's a mistake to romanticize all this any more than is strictly necessary.
    当然，没有必要地把这一切过分浪漫化。
18. You have a tendency to romanticize your life.
    你有把生活浪漫化旳倾向。

verb

1. act in a romantic way

2. make romantic in style
   1. The designer romanticized the little black dress

   Synonym:    romanticise

3. interpret romantically
   1. Don't romanticize this uninteresting and hard work!

   Synonym:    romanticiseglamorizeglamourise