adulation
adulation 英 [ˌædjuˈleɪʃn] 美 [ˌædʒəˈleɪʃn]
n. 奉承；谄媚
名词复数:adulations
- If you've ever been to a pop concert filled with screaming fans you've probably been exposed to adulation — praise so over-the-top it's almost embarrassing.
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- n. 奉承；谄媚
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1. Lula is right to say that his country deserves respect, just as he deserves much of the adulation he enjoys.
卢拉有权利说他的国家值得尊重，就像他应该得到他受用的奉承一样。
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2. The man does not merely tolerate adulation, he relishes and embraces it.
他不仅仅可以承受讨好奉承之言，并且还对此津津乐道且热烈欢迎。
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3. In the space of just a few weeks, Libyans have swapped a culture of officially inspired adulation for bawdy irreverence towards the man they now delight in dissing as "Abu Shafshoufa" – "frizzyhead".
仅仅几周之内，利比亚人民就扫荡了官方的谄媚文化，取而代之的是，对那个人的嘲弄和轻蔑，并乐此不疲地称他为"Abu Shafshoufa" ——“卷毛”。
- adulation (n.) "servile or insincere praise," late 14c., from Old French adulacion, from Latin adulationem (nominative adulatio) "a fawning; flattery, cringing courtesy," noun of action from past participle stem of adulari "to flatter, fawn upon."
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