adulation

• n. 奉承；諂媚

前綴ad-, 去，往。詞根ul, 尾巴，同squirrel,大尾巴，指鬆鼠。該詞指搖尾乞憐。

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).

1. The book was received with adulation by critics.

這本書受到了評論人士的吹捧。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The teenager's adulation of the top group worried her parents.

十幾歲的女兒吹捧流行歌星使父母很憂慮.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen.

他是靠下屬的奉承而發跡的.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica.

他整整一個月都沉浸在牙買加影迷們的追捧中。

來自柯林斯例句

5. She had not had adulation and affectionate propositions before.

昔日,她無人奉承,也無人求愛.

來自英漢文學 - 嘉莉妹妹