fawning

['fɔ:niŋ]
  • adj. 奉承的;摇尾乞怜的
  • v. 奉承讨好(fawn的ing形式)

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英文词源


fawning (adj.)
mid-14c., present-participle adjective from fawn (v.). Related: Fawningly.

双语例句


1. Nauseatingly fawning journalism that's all it is.
那只不过是以令人作呕的溜须拍马为能事的新闻报道。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The servant worn a fawning smile.
仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Then , what submission , what cringing and fawning , what servility, what abject humiliation!
好一个低眉垂首、阿谀逢迎、胁肩谄笑 、 卑躬屈膝的场面!

来自英汉文学 - 双城记

4. Now, with the old man fawning on her, she puts on airs.
现在呢, 因为“老东西”——这是秀才的妻叫秀才的名字——趋奉了她, 就装着娇滴滴的样子了.

来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说

5. The tone was typical Chandler - half fawning, half insolent.
这是十足的钱德勒的口气 -- 又是阿谀奉承, 又是傲慢无理.

来自辞典例句