over-glamorize
verb [ T ] (also overglamorize); (UK usually over-glamorise, overglamorise) uk/ˌəʊ.vəˈɡlæm.ər.aɪz/ us/ˌoʊ.vɚˈɡlæm.ɚ.aɪz/
夸大|浮夸|(过度)美化
to make something seem far better than it is and therefore much more attractive
The film over-glamorizes the life of a man who actually committed some horrendous crimes. 这部电影(过度)美化了一个实际上犯了可怕罪行的人。
It is easy to over-glamorise what the island has to offer. 关于这个海岛可以提供什么很容易被夸大。
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- Everyone can see that they are just a bunch of over-glamorized fools.
- When looking back to our childhood, we tend to overglamorize past relationships, only remembering the happy moments and forgetting the difficulties.
- Work experience in hospitals helps students realise that many over-glamorised jobs on TV hospital dramas are actually poorly-paid and uninteresting.