| 词汇 | pamper |
| 释义 | pamper verb[ T ] uk /ˈpæm.pər/ us /ˈpæm.pɚ/ to give someone special treatment, making that person as comfortable as possible and giving them whatever they want: 细心照顾，精心护理;纵容，娇惯 She pampers her dog with the finest steak and salmon.她给她的狗吃上好的牛排和鲑鱼，太娇惯了。 Why not pamper yourself after a hard day with a hot bath scented with oils?一天辛苦工作下来为什么不善待一下自己，在散发着精油芳香的水里泡个热水澡呢？ Synonyms babyinformal coddle(PROTECT) cosset indulge mollycoddleinformal mainly disapproving spoil Treating someone well allowance be spoilt for choiceidiom coddle cosset do as you would be done byidiom do someone proudidiom make much/a lot of someoneidiom mollycoddle mother non-exploitative nurture pander to someone/something proud see someone rightidiom smother spoil spoil someone rottenidiom treat wrap wrap someone (up) in cotton woolidiom Related wordpampered pamper | American Dictionarypamper verb[ T ] us/ˈpæm·pər/ to treat with too much kindness and attention: Our children are pampered by their grandparents. Examples of pamperpamper It came under immediate attack from some local politicians and journalists, who charged that the inmates were being pampered. My daughter, when she's with me, wants to pamper me. There is a sense here of a body being pampered and ultimately restored to strength - or masculinity - by the bath. Nothing emphasized the differences between classes more effectively than comparing the lifestyle of the plantation mistress, generally regarded as vain and pampered, with that of the farmwife. I mention that to show the remorseless hatred for us of these men whom we are pampering at the present moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do think that it is going a little too far to make provisions to pamper the desires of the minority. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In short, it has tended to pamper the less efficient and has eliminated the rightful differential of the truly productive. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If the railwaymen have to work overtime to get a living wage, why should we pamper the others? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So let us have no more howls about "pampering the council tenants". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I fail to see why we should be eternally cossetting and pampering the motor trade, which is largely responsible for much of our present difficulties. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It goes on to ask why we should pamper a man who is working half-time by giving him employment maintenance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Intellectuals on television and on the wireless pamper to this, and we all listen with amusement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Democracy does not consist in pampering the lazy or the irresponsible to the deprivation of the serious-minded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A constant allegation against penal reformers is that they want to pamper prisoners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We pamper people too much these days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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