adulation
英 [?dj?'le??(?)n]
美 [,?d??'le??n]
中文詞源
adulation 奉承前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根ul, 尾巴，同squirrel,大尾巴，指松鼠。該詞指搖尾乞憐。
英文詞源
- adulation (n.)
- late 14c., "insincere praise," from Old French adulacion, from Latin adulationem (nominative adulatio) "a fawning; flattery, cringing courtesy," noun of action from past participle stem of aduliari "to flatter," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + ulos "tail," from PIE *ul- "the tail" (cognates: Sanskrit valah "tail," Lithuanian valai "horsehair of the tail"). The original notion is "to wag the tail" like a fawning dog (compare Greek sainein "to wag the tail," also "to flatter;" see also wheedle).
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. The book was received with adulation by critics.
- 這本書受到了評(píng)論人士的吹捧。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. The teenager's adulation of the top group worried her parents.
- 十幾歲的女兒吹捧流行歌星使父母很憂慮.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 3. He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen.
- 他是靠下屬的奉承而發(fā)跡的.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 4. He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica.
- 他整整一個(gè)月都沉浸在牙買加影迷們的追捧中。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 5. She had not had adulation and affectionate propositions before.
- 昔日,她無(wú)人奉承,也無(wú)人求愛(ài).
來(lái)自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹