adulation
英 [?dj?'le??(?)n]
美[,?d??'le??n]
- n. 奉承；諂媚
暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
形容詞:?adulatory;
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.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen.
- 他是靠下屬的奉承而發(fā)跡的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 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。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. She had not had adulation and affectionate propositions before.
- 昔日,她無人奉承,也無人求愛.
來自英漢文學(xué) - 嘉莉妹妹