mollycoddle

[US]/ˈmɒlikɒdl/
[UK]/ˈmɑːlikɑːdl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 지나치게 응석받이로 키우다
Word Forms
과거분사mollycoddled
과거형mollycoddled
현재분사mollycoddling
3인칭 단수형mollycoddles
복수형mollycoddles

Real-world Examples

You don't have to mollycoddle me.

저를 다독일 필요는 없어요.

Source: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

Could it be we are mollycoddling young people for longer - that means protecting them and looking after them?

혹시 젊은 사람들을 더 오래 보호하고 돌봐주는 것일까요?

Source: 6 Minute English

When you mollycoddle someone, you are treating that person with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence or attention.

누군가를 다독일 때, 과도하거나 터무니없는 정도로 그 사람을 아끼거나 관심을 보이는 것입니다.

Source: Word of the Day

Regardless, mollycoddle was formed by combining the " pamper" sense of coddle with the word Molly, a nickname for Mary.

어쨌든, 'mollycoddle'은 'coddle'의 'pamper' 의미와 Mary의 별명인 Molly라는 단어를 결합하여 만들어졌습니다.

Source: Word of the Day

In its earliest known uses in the mid-1800s, mollycoddle was a noun, a disparaging and now-dated synonym of our modern word wimp.

1800년대 중반에 처음 사용되었을 때, 'mollycoddle'은 'wimp'라는 현대적인 단어의 경멸적이고 유행이 지난 동의어였습니다.

Source: Word of the Day

In Spain 46% of young people under the age of 25 are out of work because there is a two-tier system, with mollycoddled “permanent” workers and easy-to-fire “temporary” workers, who are disproportionately young.

스페인에서는 25세 미만 청년의 46%가 일자리를 구하지 못하고 있는데, 이는 'mollycoddle'이라고 불리는 '정규직' 근로자와 쉽게 해고할 수 있는 '임시직' 근로자로 이루어진 양분화된 시스템 때문입니다. 젊은 세대가 비례적으로 많습니다.

Source: The Economist - Comprehensive

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