hagiographic
adjective literary uk/ˌhæɡ.i.əˈɡræf.ɪk/ us/ˌhæɡ.i.əˈɡræf.ɪk/
理想化的,过度美化的
very admiring of someone and representing the person as perfect or much better than they really are
The biography has been criticized for being too hagiographic. 这本传记因对人物的过度美化而受到批评。
Weinraub takes a hagiographic approach, portraying him as a historical hero first and a human being second. 韦恩劳布的态度过于理想化,首先将他描绘成一个历史英雄,其次才是一个人。
See: hagiography
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- The book is a largely hagiographic account of the former President and his supposed strengths.
- The show opens with a video collage of Mr. Durst's television appearances that's uncomfortably hagiographic.
- In what must be the least hagiographic obituary ever published, Pratt is described as an "unabashed snob and social interloper on a grand scale".