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).
实用例句
1. The book was received with adulation by critics.
这本书受到了评论人士的吹捧。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The teenager's adulation of the top group worried her parents.
十几岁的女儿吹捧流行歌星使父母很忧虑.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen.
他是靠下属的奉承而发迹的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He has spent a month basking in the adulation of the fans back in Jamaica.
他整整一个月都沉浸在牙买加影迷们的追捧中。
来自柯林斯例句
5. She had not had adulation and affectionate propositions before.
