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

• 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？
• His vulgar and fawning behavior has thus far demonstrated what an ugly person he is!
  这位公众人物如此庸俗、低俗、媚俗的表现是多么的丑陋。
• He fawning manner whenever the boss is around just makes me curl up.
  每当老板在时，他那摇尾乞怜的样子真使我恶心。
• Western bankers and businessmen grasp that and the importance of fawning shamelessly to the authorities in order to gain or keep footholds in its market.
  西方的银行家和商人领会到了这点，同时也明白，为了进入中国市场或在中国市场站稳脚跟，不知廉耻地取悦当权者很重要。
• 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”。
• The puppy was fawning on its master.
  小狗朝着主人摇尾乞怜。
• I'm sick of everyone fawning over the golden boy!" The greatest pilot ever. "my boot!
  那些尽力讨好这个孩子的每个人都让我感到恶心！“至今为止最伟大的飞行员。”走狗们！
• To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.
  使某人获得一位支持者。
• When Fang tun-weng went to a teahouse that day and told everyone about it, his fawning tea companions, besides repeatedly offering congratulations, all praised his choice of a name, saying it was novel and fitting, not only elegant but also resonant.
  方翁当天上茶馆跟大家谈起这事，那些奉承他的茶友满口道贺之外，还恭维他取的名字又别致，又浑成，不但典雅，而且洪亮。