endearment
endearment 英 [ɪnˈdɪəmənt] 美 [ɪnˈdɪrmənt]
n. 钟爱；亲爱；亲爱的表示
名词复数:endearments
- Next time you cringe when a family member calls you by your childhood nickname in public, remember, Snoopy, it's just a term of endearment — meant to show affection, not make you miserably embarrassed.
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- n. 钟爱；亲爱；亲爱的表示
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1. I use the term know-it-all with endearment because the selections, revealed today, are good.
我之所以钟爱“万事通”这种说法，是因为今天公布的阵容非比寻常。
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2. Just tell me yes or no or provide help or point me to the right direction —no niceties or terms of endearment necessary.
干脆点，告诉我“是”还是“否”，提供帮助或给我指路，不需要亲切的称呼或是表示喜爱的词汇。
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3. But he had often heard of fathers bequeathing their offspring with "pet names" of some kind or another, and he could think of no endearment better suited to this infant.
但是他以前常常听说做爸爸的会给孩子一个“昵称”或者其他什么的，而且他觉得除了“小战士”，没什么称号更适合这个小宝贝了。
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