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flatter

/ˈflætɚ/ 动词 C1

中文: 讨好、奉承、阿谀

  1. To compliment someone, often (but not necessarily) insincerely and sometimes to win favour.
  2. To enhance or gratify someone's vanity by praising them.
  3. To portray someone to advantage. · Her portrait flatters her.
  4. To encourage or cheer someone with (usually false) hope.
  5. To cheer or please (with the idea that); congratulate oneself, especially when the perception is false. · Before the results came out, I flattered myself that I had done well on the test. It turned out I was the worst in the class!

He/she/it flatters · 过去式 flattered · 过去分词 flattered · -ing形式 flattering

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过去式
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过去分词
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-ing形式
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Akela the Lone Wolf lay by the side of his rock as a sign that the leadership of the Pack was open, and Shere Khan with his following of scrap-fed wolves walked to and fro openly being flattered.
《The Jungle Book》,第21页 · B2
“My dear, you flatter me.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第2页 · B2
“I was very much flattered by his asking me to dance a second time.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第13页 · B2
“This is the only point, I flatter myself, on which we do not agree.
《Pride and Prejudice》,第31页 · B2

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