单词 | pandering |
释义 | panderingn. 1. The occupation or behaviour of a pander (pander n. 1a); the action of acting as a go-between in clandestine love affairs; the action of providing another with a means of sexual gratification; (U.S. Law) the offence or charge of procuring a prostitute. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [noun] > pimping or procuring bawdryc1374 panderism1601 panderizing1603 panderage1612 mackerelage1613 pandering1615 pandership1633 brokerage1645 pimping1646 bawding1676 procuration1696 procuring1696 1615 W. Smith Hector of Germany sig. B3v If there be any Pandering in the businesse, though I am accessary i' the fee..I haue no knowledge in the fault. 1627 P. Fletcher Locustæ ii. xxxii. sig. G4 Every lover Returnes, and doates through their neate pandaring. 1907 Senate Jrnl. Illinois (1908) 17 Apr. 717 Mr. Juul introduced a bill, Senate Bill No. 516, for ‘An Act to define and prohibit pandering, and to provide for the punishment therefor.’ 1927 in C. Johnson Negro in Amer. Civilization (1931) 319 Rape, Sodomy, Pandering, Homicide. 1987 M. Flanagan Trust xix. 174 He accused you of pandering in my affair with Felix. 1993 Guardian 10 Aug. i. 18/3 She was arraigned in court in Los Angeles yesterday on five charges of ‘pandering’ (procurement). 2. The action or practice of gratifying the distasteful desires of another; the action or practice of indulging the tastes, whims, or weaknesses of another. Usually with to. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > [noun] > ministering to baseness panderism1601 pandering1844 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit lii. 601 Pandering to the worst of human passions was the office of his nature. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) V. 41 He should be the enemy of all pandering to the popular taste. 1896 A. R. White Youth's Educator i. 9 It is the practice..to sneer at the word ‘etiquette’, and to claim that it merely means a foolish pandering to frivolous customs. 1919 M. M. Steyn Diary 267 Because of..pernicious pandering to the ignorant portion of our people, by those who should know better, I refuse to join the Bond. 1944 L. MacNeice Christopher Columbus 9 The inference that to hold the attention..a writer has got to ‘write down’. (By writing down I mean pandering—writing by standards which the writer considers low.). 1992 New Republic 6 Apr. 19/2 Clinton has done a lot of pandering and waffling in the campaign. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). panderingadj. That panders (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > prostitution > [adjective] > of nature or characteristic of pimp > pimping broking1598 pandering1603 panderizing1603 pimping1640 1603 T. Dekker 1603: Wonderfull Yeare sig. B3 To be plaid heere By Englishmen, ruffians, and pandaring slaues. 1774 R. Warner tr. Plautus Cheat i. iii, in B. Thornton et al. tr. Plautus Comedies V. 312 I'll to gibbet send this pandaring Jupiter. 1836 E. C. Jones Student of Padua v. i. 101 I see you have a lie Blistering upon your pandering lips. 1937 J. P. Marquand Late George Apley ii. 15 It amuses me to think of her in these days when pandering politicians..are discussing such socialistic nonsense as an income tax and old age insurance. 1989 N.Y. Woman Sept. 36/1 He replaced Jordan's macho bluster..and this without being a sensitive, pandering wimp. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1615adj.1603 |
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