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

• When you announced your plans and asked for questions, was there complete silence, or only fawning inquiries about small details?
  在你宣布计划、征求问题时，场面是完全沉默、还是只有一些无关痛痒的奉承性提问？
• "His fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up. I tell you--it curls me up," said John.
  老板一来，他那副拍马屁的样子实在叫我恶心。告诉你，那副样子实在叫我恶心，约翰说。
• 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？
• The puppy was fawning Oh his master.
  小狗向它的主人摇尾乞怜。
• How plausible are the numerous "rags-to-riches" stories put about by the tycoons and their fawning publicists?
  富豪和奉承他们的宣传家散布的无数“白手起家”的故事有多大的可信度？
• 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”。
• I hate it when those girls start fawning over the baby.
  我试厌那些女孩子纷纷娇宠夸赞那婴儿的样子。
• To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.
  使某人获得一位支持者。
• A group of fawning admirers.
  一群谄媚奉承的支持者。