It's a much older term of endearment.

“lovey”个已经由来已久的昵称词。

She had to know if he even pretended to love her. Did he address tender endearments to her?

她必须弄清楚他不在假装爱她。

Oh, is that what this is about, endearment?

你觉得这搞好关系的问题吗？

He said the New Zealand government openly endorses the term and that it was used as a term of endearment and as a means of identifying as a New Zealander.

他表示新西兰政府公开词，而且词被用作“表示亲昵的术语，鉴别新西兰人身份的方式”。

" May I have it, Amir jan? I would very much like to read it" .Baba hardly ever used the term of endearment " jan" when he addressed me.

" 我看看吗，亲爱的阿米尔？我会很高兴能读你写的故事。" 爸爸称呼我的时候，几乎从来不用这个表示亲昵的" 亲爱的" 。

Our kid, our kid is usually referenced I guess you could say when it's like, oh, our like younger friend, our boy, our dude, um, kind of like a term of endearment.

Our kid，" our kid" 经常使用的意思，我想你这样说，哦，比如" 我们的年轻朋友" ，" 我们的男孩" ，" 我们的兄弟" ，嗯，有点像一种亲昵的称呼。

No one in the world could say that foolish word of endearment as caressingly as Rhett, even when he was joking, but he did not look as if he were joking now.

这样亲昵的称呼，谁也没有像瑞德这样说得这样动听，即使他在开玩笑，也如此，不过现在看来，他不在开玩笑。

Beside him Honey Wilkes, so called because she indiscriminately addressed everyone from her father to the field hands by that endearment, fidgeted and giggled as she called greetings to the arriving guests.

威尔克斯（人们之所这样称呼她，因为她对于从父亲到大田劳工所有的人都用同样亲切的口气说话），她正在不停地欢笑着迎接每一位来宾。