to give a lot of attention to making someone comfortable and to protecting them from anything unpleasant宠爱,疼爱;溺爱
Children sometimes need to be cosseted.孩子是需要疼爱的。
disapproving The country has been cosseted (= too protected) by the government for so long that people have forgotten how to take responsibility for themselves.长久以来,这个国家一直受到政府的过度保护,人们已经忘了自己该如何承担责任。