spoon-feed ( spoon-feeding, spoon-fed, spoon-feeds )

• 1. 

  V-T If you think that someone is being given too much help with something and is not making enough effort themselves, you can say they are being spoon-fed. 被...娇生惯养 [usu passive] [表不满]

  例：

  Students are unwilling to really work. They want to be spoon-fed.

  学生们不愿真正去努力。他们希望被人娇生惯养着。

• 2. 

  V-T If you say that someone is spoon-fed ideas or information, you mean that they are told about them and are expected to accept them without questioning them. 向...填鸭式灌输 [usu passive] [表不满]

  例：

  They were less willing to be spoon-fed doctrines from Japan.

  他们不太情愿被填鸭式地灌输来自日本的学说。

• 3. 

  V-T If you spoon-feed a small child or a sick person, you feed them using a spoon. 用勺子喂

  例：

  It took two years for me to get better, during which time he spoon-fed me and did absolutely everything around the house.

  我花了两年时间才好起来，在此其间他用勺子喂我进食，并承担全部的家务。