【adulation】 - A-level备考词汇

adulation

UK:  [.ædjʊ'leɪʃ(ə)n]

US:  [.ædʒə'leɪʃ(ə)n]

n.

1.过分的称赞

2.溢美之词

1 . The Democratic Party has never produced a candidate who excites such adulation from his sort of voters.
民主党从来没有一位候选人能够获得自己支持者如此的追捧。

2 . Yet, like those other thuggish rulers, Saddam won not just fawningly insincere adulation but a surprising degree of support from his people.
然而，跟其他嗜杀成性的统治者一样，萨达姆赢得的并非只是虚情假意的阿谀奉承，他同样也赢得了人民的拥护，这着实让人感到意外。

3 . 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。

4 . Yet there has always been a churlish undercurrent of criticism beneath the adulation.
然而，奉承之下总是潜藏着难以应付的批评。

5 . However, it was not critical adulation, but the incredible word ofmouth that spread about the book that made it a bestseller.
然而，不是批评家的赞美，而是难以置信的人口相传的传播，让这本书成为了一本畅销书。