5PHRASE 用冷漠的赞许贬低;明褒实贬 If someone damns something with faint praise, they say something about it which sounds quite nice but is not enthusiastic, and shows that they do not have a high opinion of it. 用冷漠的赞许贬低;明褒实贬
...the belief that the US had signalled a policy shift by damning with faint praise the mediation efforts.
认为美国对调停努力明褒实贬是表明其政策已发生转变的观点
6PHRASE [VERB inflects]高度赞扬;热情表扬 If you sing someone's praises, you praise them in an enthusiastic way. 高度赞扬;热情表扬
Ottershaw's been singing your praises for years.
奥特肖多年来对你一直高度赞赏。
Andy Sinton is not a man given to singing his own praises.