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