
flatter
美['flætər] 英['flætə(r)]
v. 奉承;恭维;取悦;显得好看
详细释义
v.(动词)- 使感到满意,使满足,使感到高兴
- 谄媚,奉承,讨好
- (画,肖像上的形象)胜过(本人或实物),使显得优点突出
- 引起...的奢望
双解释义
v.(动词)- vt. 向…奉承; 阿谀 praise too much; praise insincerely (in order to please)
- vt. 给以愉快的感觉 give a feeling of pleasure to
- vt. 使显得较其本来面目更漂亮 show (sb) as better than sb is
英英释义
Verb- praise somewhat dishonestly
组词搭配
~+副词- flatter greatly不胜荣幸
- flatter highly非常荣幸
- flatter hugely漂亮很多
- flatter immensely过于恭维
- flatter merely仅仅恭维
- flatter obviously明显地奉承
- flatter shamelessly无耻地奉承
~+介词- flatter about在某方面恭维
- flatter beyond measure受宠若惊
- flatter on在某方面恭维
- flatter with用…方法向某人谄媚
例句
用作动词(v.)- My boss likes it when we flatter him.我的老板喜欢我们奉承他。
- Friends who flatter you to your face are not true friends.凡是当面奉承你的朋友不是真朋友。
- He flattered her about her cooking.他恭维她的烹调手艺。
- It's impossible for you to ask a girl to teach you how to flatter another.你不可能让一个女孩教你如何取悦另一个女孩。
- This photograph flatters you.这照片比你本人漂亮。
- The picture certainly doesn't flatter her.这张照片当然不及她本人好看。
词语用法
v.(动词)flatter的基本意思是“使高兴”“使满意”“使感到荣幸”,常指用超乎实际的过分话语奉承某人。引申可指某物使某人显得比本来面目更漂亮。 flatter是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。 flatter常可接oneself作宾语,意为“自鸣得意”“自以为是”。其后常接that从句,可用于被动结构。 flatter的过去分词flattered常用作形容词,在句中作表语。