Word · Frequency #39574
mollycoddles
溺爱；娇惯；纵容
mollycoddles is the third person singular of mollycoddle.
to treat someone with too much care and protection; to pamper
- 1.
To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.
过度保护并纵容；溺爱。
过度保护并纵容；溺爱。；溺爱；娇养
In use
Stop mollycoddling your child; he needs to learn to be independent.
The coach refused to mollycoddle the players, believing that tough training built character.
She mollycoddled her puppy so much that it refused to sleep alone.
mollycoddle sb.
She mollycoddles her son, doing everything for him.
她溺爱儿子，为他做所有事情。
be mollycoddled
The dog was mollycoddled by its owner, sleeping on the bed.
那只狗被主人宠坏了，睡在床上。
Verb forms
base mollycoddle · third person mollycoddles · -ing mollycoddling · past mollycoddled · past participle mollycoddled
意为溺爱、娇养
Common mistakes
She mollycoddles on her children.She mollycoddles her children.
mollycoddle是及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要介词"on"。
Mollycoddle is bad for children.Mollycoddling is bad for children.
这里需要动词的动名词形式作主语，而不是原形动词作名词。
Connections
Confusing words
Word family
- mollycoddles
- third person singular
- mollycoddled
- past, past participle
- mollycoddling
- present participle
Learner notes
Grammar Note
常用于被动语态，表示被溺爱
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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