[mɪ'θɒlədʒaɪz][mɪ'θɒləˌdʒaɪz]
  • v. 当做神话;以神话解释;写神话
    • verb(动词)
      1. (对…)故弄玄虚

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. (对…)故弄玄虚

      People tend to mythologize (about) their youth/the past.

      人们总是把他们的年青时代/过去讲得神乎其神。

    小知识

    To mythologize is to turn an event into a myth, especially by exaggerating it. Some parents mythologize the story of their child's birth, telling it again and again until it becomes a well-known story.

    When you talk about the past, or some incident or experience from your life, you can mythologize it by making it slightly more exciting and interesting, and by re-telling the tale over and over. An actual myth becomes well-known through repetition by many people over many years (generations, even). To turn an ordinary event into something of a myth is to mythologize it. The word comes from the Greek mythos, “story, speech, or anything delivered by word of mouth.”

    同根词

    词根:myth

    adj.

    mythical神话的;虚构的

    mythological神话的;神话学的;虚构的

    mythic神话的;虚构的

    n.

    myth神话;虚构的人,虚构的事

    mythology神话;神话学;神话集

    mythologist神话学者;神话作者

    vt.

    mythicize视为神话;解释为神话