applauds

英 [əˈplɔːdz]

美 [əˈplɔːdz]

v.  鼓掌; 称赞; 赞许; 赞赏
applaud的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 鼓掌（以示赞赏）
  When a group of peopleapplaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
  1. The audience laughed and applauded...
     观众边笑边鼓掌。
  2. Every person stood to applaud his unforgettable act of courage.
     所有人起立为他不可磨灭的英勇之举鼓掌。
• VERB 称赞；赞许
  When an attitude or actionis ap-plauded, people praise it.
  1. He should be applauded for his courage...
     他的勇气值得称道。
  2. This last move can only be applauded...
     最后这招令人拍手叫绝。
  3. She applauds the fact that they are promoting new ideas.
     他们在宣传新思想，对此她表示赞许。

双语例句

• We murder our babies as a means of birth control, and society applauds it as progress.
  我们作为手段杀害婴儿的节育、社会进步为你喝彩。
• It is always the latest song that an audience applauds the most.
  通常是最后一首歌得到的观众的掌声最多。
• I am not countenancing the sort of "hero-worship" which applauds the strong man of genius for forcibly seizing on the government of the world and making it do his bidding in spite of itself.
  我绝非在鼓吹那种“英雄崇拜”，奖励有天才的强者以强力抓住世界的统治，使世界不顾自身而唯他之命是听。
• The US detests Wall Street plutocrats for their ill-gotten gains, and it expects the rich to help get the federal budget under control but this is still a country that applauds work, brains, ingenuity and well-earned success.
  美国憎恶华尔街财阀赚取不义之财，希望富人能帮助将联邦预算置于控制之下但美国也是一个为努力、才智、创造力与奋斗而来的成功喝彩的国家。
• After a pause, the audience cackles and applauds.
  听众沉默了片刻，突然爆发出笑声和掌声。
• The audience applauds the performers for three minutes.
  观众为演员喝彩达3分钟之久。
• He applauds efforts to get students to China to learn Mandarin, which he calls a major strategic priority.
  他赞成让学生到中国学习普通话的方法。比塞尔将这种方法称作一个主要的战略重点。
• What other country applauds the success, the prosperity, and development of former enemies, of competitors, of those who have different systems and different cultures and different points of view?
  还有哪个国家会为过往的敌人、竞争对手、一个有着不同制度和不同文化及观点的国家的成功、繁荣与发展喝彩？
• The room full of gray hair and resumes applauds in agreement.
  屋里都是白发老人，再度充斥着一致的赞赏声。
• That should, perhaps, make us skeptical: when the fox applauds ideas for henhouse security, watch out.
  这应该引起我们的怀疑：当狐狸为鸡窝的安全措施拍手称赞的时候，我们还是当心吧。