英语释义

1. the act or practice of flattering
She uses the art of flattery to her advantage.

2. something that flatters
A compliment is flattery …
— Harry Shaw

3. insincere or excessive praise
He tried to win his teacher's favor with flattery.

4. a pleasing self-deception

5. praise that is not sincere

6. praise that is not deserved or meant

片语

Tim Flattery弗莱特瑞

abject flattery谄媚

Fulsome Flattery阿谀谄笑

With Flattery带高帽子

oleaginous flattery谄媚的恭维

Cape Flattery a cape of northwestern Washington

cheap flattery虚伪的奉承

court(Court)人名；(英)考特；(法)库尔

adulation奉承；谄媚

moderate flattery适度的恭维

invective flattery恶言谩骂

英汉例句

• they refuse the low-road of empty flattery and choose the high road of trust and commitment instead.

  它们拒绝低级空套的奉承取而代之高度的信任和承诺。

• more generally, schumpeter seemed to be playing the role of grand seigneur, and he tended to flatter where flattery was not due, no doubt satirically.

  更一般的意义上，熊彼特像在扮演大领主的角色，当不用奉承时，他会奉承，当然是挖苦的。

• they will also, if the past is any indication, turn up as the sincerest form of flattery in other people’s lines.

  如果过去是无论那一种的暗示，那么它们也将像在另外的人们的真诚的恭维的话中一样出现。

• most interviewees require a lavish show of flattery before they will relax but mccartney is the opposite: she seems to tense up and retreat the instant she thinks i'm buttering her up.

  大多数的受访者都喜欢听奉承话，这样他们才会放松起来。但麦卡特尼恰恰相反：她看起来变得神经紧张，在觉得我在拍马屁的时候，她似乎想回避。

• don’t be afraid to use flattery to get what you want.

  别怕用奉承的话来获得你想要的东西。

• however excessive flattery — long the refuge of the frustrated subordinate — may not work in the long run because it might ultimately cause the boss 「to lose touch with reality」.

  然而，过分的奉承——沮丧的下属长期的庇护所——也许不能长期起作用，因为这可能最终导致老板「与现实脱节」。

• it seems that his flattery won’t work this time.

  看来他的阿谀奉承这次不能奏效了。

• dearest lady, consider with yourself what your flattery is worth, before you bestow it so freely.

  亲爱的女士，在你慷慨地美言奉承之前，请先想想它们到底有多少意义。

• arriving at forbes, he found a second-rate investment magazine running flattery about corporations.

  麦克尔斯来到福布斯后，他发现世界二流投资型杂志却对大企业处处奉承。

• all flattery aside, queen rania believes that her most important role is that of a mother to her three children, the youngest addition being princess salma, born in 2000.

  在所有的恭维之外，王后拉尼亚认为她最重要的角色是她三个孩子的母亲，最小的是萨曼公主，出生于2000年。

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