applaud

/uh-plawd/US // əˈplɔd //UK // (əˈplɔːd) //

鼓掌,掌声,鼓掌欢迎,鼓掌叫好

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- : to express approval; give praise; acclaim.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands so as to show approval, appreciation, etc., of: to applaud an actor; to applaud a speech.
- : to praise or express approval of: to applaud a person's ambition.

verbclap for; express approval

Forms: applauded, applauds

Synonyms

“This is an example of the progress that can be achieved when you collaborate and dedicate resources to improving the quality of water,” said Ohio governor Mike DeWine last year, applauding the EPA’s decision to declare fish in the river safe to eat.
To which the farmers and ranchers listening to his speech applauded very mightily.
Further, while TikTok should be applauded for exposing its algorithm, its competitors are likely to scoff at its suggestion that “all companies should disclose their algorithms, moderation policies, and data flows to regulators.”
We try to show all sides to the story’ — lots of people are trying to do that … I applaud what they try to get at, but I just don’t see that as a defendable position.
Protecting their funding is a noble intention, and the Legislature should be applauded for it.
It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.
Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.
They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.
I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.
If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.

/uh-plawd/US // əˈplɔd //UK // (əˈplɔːd) //

鼓掌,掌声,鼓掌欢迎,鼓掌叫好

v.无主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands as an expression of approval, appreciation, acclamation, etc.: They applauded wildly at the end of the opera.
- : to express approval; give praise; acclaim.

v.有主动词 verb

1
- : to clap the hands so as to show approval, appreciation, etc., of: to applaud an actor; to applaud a speech.
- : to praise or express approval of: to applaud a person's ambition.

verbclap for; express approval

Forms: applauded, applauds

Synonyms

“This is an example of the progress that can be achieved when you collaborate and dedicate resources to improving the quality of water,” said Ohio governor Mike DeWine last year, applauding the EPA’s decision to declare fish in the river safe to eat.
To which the farmers and ranchers listening to his speech applauded very mightily.
Further, while TikTok should be applauded for exposing its algorithm, its competitors are likely to scoff at its suggestion that “all companies should disclose their algorithms, moderation policies, and data flows to regulators.”
We try to show all sides to the story’ — lots of people are trying to do that … I applaud what they try to get at, but I just don’t see that as a defendable position.
Protecting their funding is a noble intention, and the Legislature should be applauded for it.
It seems backwards to applaud what is already necessary, what has already been clear for a long time.
Far beyond his well-earned lucre, this is the reason to applaud Radcliffe the most.
They were up on their feet so often to applaud the Texas senator that his speech was practically an aerobics class.
I applaud Paul Ryan and the CBC members for their willingness to engage while respectfully listening to what each had to say.
If it was The View, someone off to the side would be motioning for the audience to applaud.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.