| 正面 | 20116.adulation 英 [ædjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n]美 [,ædʒə'leʃən]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、-plaint- + -ive.2、=> lamenting, mournful, sad.n. 奉承；谄媚 例句： 1. The book was received with adulation by critics.这本书受到了评论人士的吹捧。 adulation 奉承前缀ad-, 去，往。词根ul, 尾巴，同squirrel,大尾巴，指松鼠。该词指摇尾乞怜。 adulation (n.)late 14c., "insincere praise," from Old French adulacion, from Latin adulationem (nominative adulatio) "a fawning; flattery, cringing courtesy," noun of action from past participle stem of aduliari "to flatter," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + ulos "tail," from PIE *ul- "the tail" (cognates: Sanskrit valah "tail," Lithuanian valai "horsehair of the tail"). The original notion is "to wag the tail" like a fawning dog (compare Greek sainein "to wag the tail," also "to flatter;" see also wheedle)." |