fawning

英 [ˈfɔːnɪŋ]

美 [ˈfɔːnɪŋ]

v.  恭维; 讨好; 巴结
fawn的现在分词

COCA.36222

柯林斯词典

• COLOUR 浅黄褐色
  Fawnis a pale yellowish-brown colour.
  1. ...a light fawn coat.
     浅黄褐色大衣
• N-COUNT 幼鹿
  Afawnis a very young deer.
  1. The fawn ran to the top of the ridge.
     小鹿跑上山脊。
• VERB 逢迎;巴结;讨好;拍…的马屁
  If you say that someonefawns overa powerful or rich person, you disapprove of them because they flatter that person and like to be with him or her.
  1. People fawn over you when you're famous...
     你出了名，大家就会来讨好你。
  2. 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。

英英释义

adj

• attempting to win favor by flattery
  Synonym:bootlickingsycophantictoadyish
• attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  Synonym:bootlickingobsequioussycophantictoadyish

双语例句

• 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。
• He also displayed an almost naive tolerance for the fawning of celebrities.
  他还对名人们的讨好表现出近乎天真的容忍。
• How the devil can you dream of fawning on me?
  你怎么能梦想来谄媚我？
• Thomas was put down from the office for not fawning upon his immediate superior.
  托马斯因为不奉承他的顶头上司而被降职。
• He said that Social Text was "a pastiche of left-wing cant, fawning references, grandiose quotations, and outright nonsense".
  他说《社会文本》是“左翼暗语的拼凑、阿谀奉承的参考、浮夸堂皇的引用、完全直白的胡扯”。
• But with all due respect, many in San Francisco would rather you do your fawning from a distance. Traffic is bad enough without the double-decker tourist buses blocking the view atop Lombard Street or clogging the Golden Gate Bridge.
  但是恕我直言，旧金山也有很多东西让外人忍不住皱眉。交通已经够糟的了，更何况还有双层旅游巴士总在九曲花街挡住人们视线，或是在金门大桥上阻塞交通。
• To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.
  使某人获得一位支持者。
• The servant worn a fawning smile.
  仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑。
• But able though he may have been, did Steve Jobs really deserve the kind of veneration he has received from his fans and a fawning media?
  尽管如此，虽然他可能确实实力非凡，但乔布斯真的就当之无愧其粉丝们以及亦步亦趋的媒体的歌功颂德吗？
• A group of fawning admirers.
  一群谄媚奉承的支持者。