| 词汇 | mollycoddled |
| 释义 | mollycoddled past simple and past participle ofmollycoddle mollycoddle verb[ T ] informal mainly disapprovinguk /ˈmɒl.iˌkɒd.əl/ us /ˈmɑː.liˌkɑː.dəl/ to give someone too much care or protection: 娇养，纵容，宠坏 You're not helping the children by mollycoddling them - they have to grow up sometime.你娇惯孩子对他们没好处——他们总得长大的。 Synonyms babyinformal coddle(PROTECT) cosset indulge pamper spoil Defending and protecting air defence anti-bug anti-mosquito baby bandobast cocoon duck duck and coveridiom embedded featherbedding fight back hedge insulate poisonous security camera security light self-protective self-protectiveness shelter smother You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Treating someone well Examples of mollycoddledmollycoddled In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. They must not be armed with pikes, but they can't expect to be mollycoddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the tenants wish to be further mollycoddled, let them be so at their own risk because they will lose the goodwill of the landlords. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The equity of the system is difficult to perceive, although no service man would wish to expect to be mollycoddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Let no one imagine that the textile industry seeks to be mollycoddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They do not want to be mollycoddled by employers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are not crying out to be mollycoddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We do not want them mollycoddled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I doubt very much whether our judges wish to be mollycoddled, if that is not too strong a term, in the way that is proposed here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why should these people be mollycoddled? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Aradhya is a pretty, naive, free willed girl who stays with her family and has been mollycoddled by her parents. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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