(verb.) express approval of; 'I applaud your efforts'.
(verb.) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval.
埃菲编辑
双语例句
Smith; promote him, he said, and the whole country will applaud. 尤利西斯·格兰特.U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
We may probably become acquainted with habits which it may be prudent to adopt, and discover virtues which we cannot fail to applaud. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
This gallery swarmed with people eager for a scene, ready to applaud or shout down the speakers below. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
We had made some pale efforts in the beginning to applaud Mr. Wopsle; but they were too hopeless to be persisted in. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.
I said, with a tone and manner whose consummate chariness and frostiness I could not but applaud. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.维莱特.
I applaud him for it. 查尔斯·狄更斯.小杜丽.
Say I applaud her wisdom and admire her discretion. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
He laughed aloud at trifles, made bad jokes and applauded them himself, and, in short, grew unmeaningly noisy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
The company made a circle round her and applauded as wildly as if she had been a Noblet or a Taglioni. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷.名利场.
The acclamations of thousands applauded the unanimous award of the Prince and marshals, announcing that day's honours to the Disinherited Knight. 沃尔特·司各特.艾凡赫.
Repression is an insignificant part of its work; the use of the club can never be applauded, though it may be tolerated _faute de mieux_. 沃尔特·李普曼.政治序论.
Marianne's performance was highly applauded. 简·奥斯汀.理智与情感.
Ralph did it justice, remarked some faults, but applauded the beauties. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
It was read and repeated: Watson and Osborne gave up the contest, and joined in applauding it. 本杰明·富兰克林.富兰克林自传.
I always feel as if I were in the convent again--or on the stage, before a dreadfully polite audience that never applauds. 伊迪丝·华顿.纯真年代.