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单词 cosset
释义
cosset
verb[T]
uk
/ˈkɒs.ɪt/us
/ˈkɑː.sɪt/
-t-orUKalso-tt-
to give a lot ofattentionto making someonecomfortableand toprotectingthem from anythingunpleasant:
宠爱，疼爱；溺爱
Children sometimes need to be cosseted.孩子是需要疼爱的。
disapprovingThecountryhas been cosseted(= tooprotected)by thegovernmentfor solongthatpeoplehaveforgottenhow to takeresponsibilityfor themselves.长久以来，这个国家一直受到政府的过度保护，人们已经忘了自己该如何承担责任。
Synonyms
babyinformal
coddle(PROTECT)
indulge
mollycoddleinformalmainlydisapproving
pamper
spoil
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Defending and protecting
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  • anti-mosquito
  • baby
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  • bastion
  • buffer
  • defence
  • defend
  • harbour
  • have (got)someone'sbackidiom
  • hold off
  • inoculation
  • killsomeonewith kindnessidiom
  • mollycoddle
  • shield
  • splashproof
  • takesomeoneunderyourwingidiom
  • watch list
  • watchyourbackidiom
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(Definition ofcossetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcosset

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I do not like the word, but we are talking about cosseting the consumer; this is the important thing.
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Alternatively, are we seeking to create a cosy little club, some sections of which will be cosseted at the expense of others?
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We have decided—rightly or wrongly—that we have to treat persons of that age as adults and that tocossetthem is wrong.
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This is not a policy of fairness; it is a policy of consolidating and cosseting privilege.
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For millions of people, weekends are the only times available for them tocossettheir special loves—cars, gardens and homes.
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It has been cossetted for far too long.
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We mustcossetand look after the existing customers if we want to ensure that the recession does not destroy the industry altogether.
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He is cossetted to the tune of £40,000 a year of public money.
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The staff will be instructed to comfort andcossetthe offenders.
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He can be much loved and cosseted and can be the most faithful animal.
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The capitalists have to be cosseted and their confidence built up.
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All these firms are sustained by public money, protected, and, indeed, cossetted by public money.
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Any idea that, in general, prisoners are kept in a cossetted or comfortable state is well astray.
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They do not wish to be cosseted, though it would be foolish to deny that they would not benefit from any limitation of liability.
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We feel that it will have to be a good deal fattened and cossetted before it reaches its proper stature.
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