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单词 pander
释义
panderpan‧der /ˈpændə $ -ər/ verb Word Origin
WORD ORIGINpander
Origin:
1600-1700 pander ‘someone who finds lovers for others’ (14-20 centuries), from Pandarus man in an ancient Greek story who acted as a messenger between lovers
Verb Table
VERB TABLE
pander
Simple Form
PresentI, you, we, theypander
he, she, itpanders
PastI, you, he, she, it, we, theypandered
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave pandered
he, she, ithas pandered
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad pandered
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill pander
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have pandered
Continuous Form
PresentIam pandering
he, she, itis pandering
you, we, theyare pandering
PastI, he, she, itwas pandering
you, we, theywere pandering
Present perfectI, you, we, theyhave been pandering
he, she, ithas been pandering
Past perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theyhad been pandering
FutureI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill be pandering
Future perfectI, you, he, she, it, we, theywill have been pandering
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • I think the party is inexcusably pandering to the senior citizens.
  • It should not be thought of as merely useful, however, as though it only pandered to psychological needs or desires.
  • Moreover, an obsessive focus on Caravaggio panders to fashion and is a gross distortion of history.
  • They travelled extensively, but he had to pander to her every whim.
  • Vincenzo Giuliani felt no need whatsoever to pander to that illusion.
  • You don't educate or create a market; you simply pander to an existing one.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY
 Highly trained staff will pander to your every whim.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· They travelled extensively, but he had to pander to her every whim.· But healthy, durable enterprises refuse to pander to the transitory whims of their clienteles.· Perhaps it would be wise to pander a little to his whims since it seemed he was prone to these Viking tendencies.· She had long realised that while Luther Reynolds lived, David would always be there to pander to his every whim.
pander to somebody/something phrasal verb to give someone anything they want in order to please them, even if it seems unreasonable or unnecessary – used to show disapproval:  Some newspapers feel they have to pander to the prejudices of their readers. Highly trained staff will pander to your every whim.
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