coddle

UK:  ['kɒd(ə)l]

US:  ['kɑd(ə)l]

过去分词：coddled  现在分词：coddling  第三人称单数：coddles  

v.

1.娇养,溺爱;过分细心地照料

2.用文火煮,嫩煮(鸡蛋等)

3.溺爱;煮

4.蛋白固定

5.用不沸的热水煨

6.文火炖

n.

1.〔口语〕娇生惯养的人,身体虚弱的人

1 . Of course, she did not mind it when Arthur would molly coddle her with the same actions.
当然，如果亚瑟把这股无微不至的关心放在她身上，她是不会反对的啦。

2 . Husband: You coddle our baby too much by cuddling him in your arms all day.
你太惯着孩子了，整天把他抱在怀里。

3 . Clinton said he would not "coddle the butchers of Beijing" but negotiated China's entry into the W. T. O.
克林顿说他不会“放纵北京的屠夫”，但却与中国谈判加入世贸。

4 . "I know kids that age aren't easy to please. They will not be moved if you coddle or cajole them, " Guo said.
“我了解这个年龄的孩子们很难去取悦。甜言蜜语地讨好和哄骗是不会打动他们的。”郭亚中说道。

5 . It is right to be compassionate; it is wrong to coddle the wicked.
慈悲为怀是对的，但如果放纵歹徒姑息养奸，就是「错误」的。