| 釋義 |
flattervt.
1. lead on or encourage (with false hopes),deceive（用虛假的希望）引誘或鼓舞，欺騙。
△1H.VI.2.1.51:“Didst thou at first. to flatter us withal,/ Make uspartakers of a little gain. / That now our loss mightbe ten times so much?”你是不是一上來先引誘我們，讓我們先嘗一點兒甜頭，而現(xiàn)在又使我們遭受十倍那么大的損失？
△3H.VI.3.2.143: “Flattering me with impossibili-ties.”i.e. deceiving myself by contemplating what Ireally know to be impossible. 以設想不可能之事來自我安慰。
2. gloss over,palliate,excuse,countenance粉飾，掩飾，原諒，支持。
△1H.VI.5.5.25:“So should I give consentto flatter sin.”這樣，我就得對掩飾罪惡表示同意了。
3. soothe撫慰。
△R.III.4.4.246:“Flatter my sorrowwith report of it；”你是用重述我的悲痛來撫慰我的悲痛。
vb. praise unduly. fawn 阿諛，奉承。
△3H.VI.5.6.3:“’Tis sin to flatter，‘good’ was little better.”i.e. lit-tle better than flattery. 阿諛人是罪過，動不動就說“好”比阿諛奉承也好不了多少。
Phrases:
flatter up: pamper,coddle縱容，嬌養(yǎng)。
△L.L.L.5.2822 (814): “To flatter up these powers of mine withrest. ”貪圖安逸，把我自己的身體嬌養(yǎng)起來。
flatter with: encourage with hopeful or pleasing ideas（用討好的有希望的念頭）鼓勵，慫恿。
△Tw.1.5.324 (303):“Desire him not to flatter with his lord，”請他不要鼓勵他的主人。 flatter[?fl?t?]v. 奉承，討好，恭維，吹捧
◇ flatter oneself 自信，自以為
‖ flatter and toady 阿諛
flatter servilely 諂諛
flattery n. flattery index 顏色舒適度指數(shù)
flatterer n. 奉承者，恭維者 |