花燈集英語字典

cupboard love

C 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˈkʌb.əd ˌlʌv]
  • 美式音标 [ˈkʌb.ɚd ˌlʌv]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • （尤指小孩的）有所企圖而假裝的熱情

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英汉例句

    雙語例句

  • It is no good going to your mother with your cupboard love—she won't give you any money, either.
    帶著另有所圖的愛到你媽媽那兒是無濟於事的，她也不會給你任何錢。
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  • cupboard love = love for someone because they give you food: "I think my cat loves me, but it's only cupboard love!"
    別有所圖的愛（因爲某些企圖而愛某人）：“我的小貓很愛我，但那是因爲我給它們喫的。”
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  • Both Mark Morton’s Cupboard Love and Larousse Gastronomique tell us that the name for this soup comes from Arabic and means “soaked bread.”
    馬尅·莫頓的《櫥櫃之愛》和《拉魯斯美食百科》都告訴我們說，這種湯的名字來自阿拉伯語，意思是泡湯麪包。

词组短语

    短語

  • Just cupboard love 他們是有所圖的
  • It 's only cupboard love 別看他那麽討人喜歡

英英字典

    劍橋英英字典

  • love shown by someone, typically a child, in order to get something that they want, such as food

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive