He thrived on the adulation of his henchmen. 他是靠下属的奉承而发迹的。
How do you feel about all this adulation and hero worship? 对于这一切好评及个人崇拜,你怎么看?
adulation
[ noun ] servile flattery; exaggerated and hypocritical praise <noun.communication>
Adulation \Ad`u*la"tion\, n. [F. adulation, fr. L. adulatio, fr. adulari, adulatum, to flatter.] Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited.
Think'st thou the fiery fever will go out With titles blown from adulation? --Shak.
Usage: {Adulation}, {Flattery}, {Compliment}. Men deal in compliments from a desire to please; they use flattery either from undue admiration, or a wish to gratify vanity; they practice adulation from sordid motives, and with a mingled spirit of falsehood and hypocrisy. Compliment may be a sincere expression of due respect and esteem, or it may be unmeaning; flattery is apt to become gross; adulation is always servile, and usually fulsome.
The foreign "press-bashing" is a far cry from the adulation heaped on the international press for its coverage of the anti-Marcos movement.
After all, the runner's positive test has cost him a gold medal, adulation, a new 100-meter-dash world record, and millions in endorsement money.
The Rev. Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a hero to the poor and hated by the government, a target of both adulation and assassination for his outspoken criticism of Haiti's military regime.
The announcement was followed by seven seconds of mild applause, comparatively brief in a chamber accustomed to long speeches and adulation.
"I don't understand the adulation.
He traces this to their "terminal adolescence," which, he thinks, stems partly from the adulation heaped on them as youths.
No generational conflicts here, only some adjustments: After the 20th Party Congress (of the Soviet Communist Party) even many members of the American Communist Party had some difficulty persisting in the adulation of the Soviet system.
Fred Waitzkin's chess fanaticism began with adulation for Mr. Fischer, who became world champion in 1972 only to drop from sight soon after.
"A responsible Turkey can have a powerfully moderating effect on the region." Turks, long accustomed to being criticized for human-rights abuses, revel in such adulation.