cupboard love
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?k?b.?d ?l?v]
- 美式音標 [?k?b.?d ?l?v]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- (尤指小孩的)有所企圖而假裝的熱情
英漢例句
- 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。
liao.xz.blog.163.com - 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。”
www.chinadaily.com.cn - 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。
雙語例句
英英字典
- love shown by someone, typically a child, in order to get something that they want, such as food
- a show of love inspired only by some selfish or greedy motive