adulation
英 [ædjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,ædʒə'leʃən]
- n. 奉承；谄媚
词态变化
形容词: adulatory;
中文词源
adulation 奉承
前缀ad-, 去，往。词根ul, 尾巴，同squirrel,大尾巴，指松鼠。该词指摇尾乞怜。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The book was received with adulation by critics.
- 这本书受到了评论人士的吹捧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The teenager's adulation of the top group worried her parents.
- 十几岁的女儿吹捧流行歌星使父母很忧虑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen.
- 他是靠下属的奉承而发迹的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica.
- 他整整一个月都沉浸在牙买加影迷们的追捧中。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. She had not had adulation and affectionate propositions before.
- 昔日,她无人奉承,也无人求爱.
来自英汉文学 - 嘉莉妹妹