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

• He is a well-known snob, always fawning on the rich and the powerful.
  他是个有名的势利眼，从来只会巴结有钱有权的人。
• With gorgeous women fawning all over him.
  身边都是漂亮的女人向他献殷勤。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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 be able to take your breath away when I walked into a room, or to be the life of the party and have everyone fawning over me as I wore only the finest clothes and sported the perfect body.
  我一走进屋子，人们就摒住呼吸；或者成为晚会的灵魂，让每个人都奉承我，因为我只穿最好的衣服，有着运动型的完美身材。
• 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”。
• 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。
• A group of fawning admirers.
  一群谄媚奉承的支持者。
• "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。