英 [d??t] 美 [do?t]
经济学人例句
Falling birth-rates allowed parents to dote on fewer children,who were increasingly likely to go to school.生育率下降后孩子少了，父母视他们为掌上明珠，就学率也越来越高。Mr Spieth appears to dote on her:the New York Times reports that he brings back trinkets for her from his travels.史必斯似乎非常宠爱她：《纽约时报》报道称他旅行归来时还给她带了些小饰品。
释义
[verb] Be extremely and uncritically fond of [动词]极度而不加批评地宠爱
解读
dote是不及物动词，常与“on”或“upon”连用表示“溺爱”、“极度宠爱/依赖”。
近义词
adore,love dearly,be devoted to
