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adulate

/aj-uh-leyt/US // ˈædʒ əˌleɪt //UK // (ˈædjʊˌleɪt) //

崇拜,赏识,崇尚,爱慕

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ad·u·lat·ed, ad·u·lat·ing.

    • : to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely.

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Examples

  • Calumniate a human being in youth—adulate that being in age;—what has been the interval?

  • It is true, people are permitted to adulate slavery—so they are allowed to adulate kings, where kings reign.

  • She whom such songs were meant to adulate or win, frequently was the wife of the Troubadours lord.