coddle
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['kɒd(ə)l]
- 美式音标 [ˈkɑː.dəl]
- 国际音标 ['kɔdl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 娇养；溺爱（等于mollycoddle）；用文火煮
词根记忆
- 放入摇篮(cradle)悉心照料(coddle)
同根派生
英汉例句
- I love to coddle babies. I have a little one of my own.
我喜欢悉心照料宝宝，我自己就有个小宝贝。 - If governments want to see a blossoming of clean technology, therefore, they should use taxes to put a price on environmental externalities (such as carbon) rather than coddle pet technologies.
如果政府想要看到环保技术的出现，因此，他们应该利用税收来给环境的外在性定价（如碳），而不是把重点放在得意的科技上。 - University officials, defending this strategy, often imply that they are only responding to student demand. Discouraging words for those who believe that a college's job is to educate, not coddle.
校方人员为此类行为辩解时通常表示，他们只是满足学生的需求。对于那些认为学校的职责是教育而非溺爱的人而言，这样的话实在让人气馁。 请给一指点！ - Turns out American boards coddle underperforming CEOs--at least in comparison to those "no nonsense" Europeans.
FORBES: Magazine Article - Markets will want proof that the central banks will coddle them, regardless of inflation.
ECONOMIST: Have markets got what they wanted at last? - The Bank must continually choose whether to coddle bad governments, or to cut them off.
ECONOMIST: Paul Wolfowitz at the World Bank
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- Coddle Creek 城市
- CLIO CODDLE 鳄鱼牌;克劳克达鳄鱼;克劳克达;鳄鱼男装
- coddle pamper 溺爱放纵
- Mixed Coddle 熏肉与香肠
- coddle e 悉心照料;溺爱
短语
英英字典
- (COOK) to cook food, especially eggs, in water just below boiling temperature
- (PROTECT) to protect someone or something too much
- To coddle someone means to treat them too kindly or protect them too much.
剑桥英英字典
柯林斯英英字典
专业释义
- 娇养