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

• "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。
• The puppy was fawning on its master.
  小狗朝着主人摇尾乞怜。
• 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。
• That would mean a bit less fawning adulation for gates and Buffett and a bit more old-fashioned scepticism.
  这意味着对盖茨（gates）和巴菲特（buffett）的奉承恭维要少一点，而老套的怀疑论调多一点。
• A reflection on the causes of culture's "fawning on vulgarity"
  对“媚俗”成因的反思
• 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。
• 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”。
• 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。
• Submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior.
  态度、行为上顺从或者奉承。