coddle 娇养；溺爱

时间：2022-02-15 07:53:26

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coddle尤指把鸡蛋在稍低于沸点的水中“煮嫩，煮软”，可以表示“娇养；溺爱”。

关于“溺爱”，还有这些表达：

①spoil

Mr Harvey, unable for once to do exactly as he wanted, sulked just like a spoiled child.

哈维先生只此一次不能如愿以偿按他的意思做，就气鼓鼓的，像个宠坏了的孩子。

②dote on

He dotes on the new baby.

他对刚出生的孩子非常宠爱。

③cosset¹

As a child, she has been spoiled and cosseted².

作为一个小孩子，她一直被宠爱着。

④be indulgent to sb

He had been a strict father but was indulgent to/towards his grandchildren.

他曾是个严厉的父亲，但对孙子孙女却很娇惯。

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1 cosset
v.宠爱，溺爱
参考例句：
Our kind of travel is definitely not suitable for people who expect to be cosseted.我们的这种旅行绝对不适合那些想要受到百般呵护的人。 I don't want to be treated like a cosseted movie queen.我不愿意被人当作是个娇纵惯了的电影皇后。

2 cosseted
v.宠爱，娇养，纵容( cosset的过去式 )
参考例句：
Our kind of travel is definitely not suitable for people who expect to be cosseted. 我们的这种旅行绝对不适合那些想要受到百般呵护的人。来自辞典例句 We are, by astronomical standards, a pampered, cosseted, cherished group of creatures. 按照天文标准，我们是一群受宠过头、珍爱有余、呵护备至的受造物。来自互联网