When you deify someone, you treat them as if they were a god: you put them so high that they can do no wrong. People do this with pop stars, sports heroes, and sometimes a boss or a leader.

When you deify someone當你deify（神化）某個人的時候，you treat them as if they were a god你把他當神一樣對待：you put them so high that they can do no wrong把他捧得那麼高，好像他不會做錯任何事。People do this with pop stars, sports heroes人們會這樣對待流行明星、體壇英雄，and sometimes a boss or a leader有時候也會這樣對待老闆或領袖。

It is a strong, slightly formal word; in everyday talk someone might just say they treat him like a god. You can deify an idea too — to deify the market, or a flag, is to treat that thing as sacred and not to be questioned.

It is a strong, slightly formal word這是個力道很強、稍微正式的字；in everyday talk someone might just say日常口語裡有人可能就直接說they treat him like a god他們把他當神一樣對待。You can deify an idea too你也可以deify一個抽象概念——to deify the market, or a flag像deify市場，或deify一面旗子，is to treat that thing as sacred and not to be questioned意思是把那個東西當作神聖不可質疑。

The old literal sense is religious: to make a dead person into a god (Roman emperors were deified). Today the “treat like a god” sense is the one you will meet most, and it often carries a warning: this respect has gone too far.

The old literal sense is religious最早的字面意思跟宗教有關：to make a dead person into a god把一個死去的人變成神（Roman emperors were deified像羅馬皇帝就曾被deify過）。Today the "treat like a god" sense is the one you will meet most現在你最常遇到的是『把人當神一樣對待』這個意思，and it often carries a warning而且常常帶著一種警告的味道：this respect has gone too far表示這種崇拜已經過頭了。