Laudatory means full of praise. It describes the speech, the review, the article, the letter — not the person.

Laudatory meansLaudatory的意思是 full of praise充滿讚美 It describes the speech, the review, the article, the letter它形容的是演講、評論、文章、信件 not the person不是形容人

A laudatory review says the film is wonderful; a laudatory speech at a farewell party says the leaving colleague was excellent.

A laudatory review says the film is wonderful一篇laudatory的影評會說這部電影很棒 a laudatory speech at a farewell party says the leaving colleague was excellent歡送會上一場laudatory的致詞會說離職的同事很優秀

The word is formal and rather bookish. You will meet it in newspapers, book reviews, and official writing, and almost never in normal conversation — friends say "he was really positive about it", not "his remarks were laudatory".

The word is formal and rather bookish這個字很正式、也偏書面 You will meet it in newspapers, book reviews, and official writing你會在報紙、書評和官方文書裡看到它 and almost never in normal conversation平常對話裡幾乎不會用 friends say "he was really positive about it", not "his remarks were laudatory"朋友會說「he was really positive about it」，不會說「his remarks were laudatory」

It also carries a slight flavour of praise delivered publicly and at length, so writers sometimes use it with a raised eyebrow: describing a report as "laudatory" can quietly hint that the praise was a bit too generous, or expected, or paid for. Context tells you which. Note that it says nothing about whether the praise is deserved — only that praise is what is being given.

It also carries a slight flavour of praise delivered publicly and at length它還帶有一點「公開、長篇讚美」的味道 so writers sometimes use it with a raised eyebrow所以有些作者會帶點懷疑的語氣用它 describing a report as "laudatory" can quietly hint that the praise was a bit too generous, or expected, or paid for說一篇報告是「laudatory」，可能暗暗指讚美有點太過、太理所當然，或是收了錢才寫的 Context tells you which要看上下文才知道是哪一種 Note that it says nothing about whether the praise is deserved要注意它完全沒說這個讚美是不是該得的 only that praise is what is being given只是說給出的就是讚美