" To dote on a child" would be to be very affectionate and loving with the child, but also to do whatever the child wanted done, and therefore, there is somewhat of a negative meaning to this phrasal verb " to dote on."
The notion of murder was absurd: no motive was discoverable, the young couple being understood to dote on each other; and it was not unprecedented that an accidental slip of the foot should have brought these grave consequences.
Sallie says they are very intimate now, and the old man quite dotes on them." " Mrs. M. has made her plans, I dare say, and will play her cards well, early as it is.
莎莉说他们现在很亲密, 老头子也很宠爱他们。 ”“我敢说, M 太太已经做好了打算, 而且会尽早打好牌。
Also reveals the web of cracks cast by time making the value of this archive plane, But for all the pleasures of doting on individual panels from this extraordinary room.
Poor mamma indeed was an object to touch any creature born of woman; and Mr. Vincy, who doted on his wife, was more alarmed on her account than on Fred's.