5PHRASE 用冷漠的贊許貶低;明褒實貶 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. 用冷漠的贊許貶低;明褒實貶
...the belief that the US had signalled a policy shift by damning with faint praise the mediation efforts.
認爲美國對調停努力明褒實貶是表明其政策已發生轉變的觀點
6PHRASE [VERB inflects]高度贊揚;熱情表揚 If you sing someone's praises, you praise them in an enthusiastic way. 高度贊揚;熱情表揚
Ottershaw's been singing your praises for years.
奧特肖多年來對你一直高度贊賞。
Andy Sinton is not a man given to singing his own praises.