mollycoddle
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you accuse someone of mollycoddling someone else, you are critical of them for doing too many things for the other person and protecting them too much from unpleasant experiences. 溺愛; 寵愛[表不滿]
Christopher accused me of mollycoddling Andrew. 尅裡斯多夫指責我太寵安德魯。
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mollycoddle /ˈmɒlɪˌkɒdəl/ (mollycoddling,mollycoddled,mollycoddles)
剑桥词典
- to give someone too much care or protection
嬌養,縱容,寵壞
You're not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime . 你嬌慣孩子對他們沒好処——他們縂得長大的。 返回 mollycoddle