| 单词 | flatter |
| 释义 | flatter (once / 189 pages) v When you flatter someone, you praise and compliment him or her — but you aren't totally sincere. You flatter your friend by telling her she's the best driver in the world. Because you want her to offer you a ride. The Old French flater originally meant "to stroke or caress," which is what you do to people's egos when you flatter them. When you flatter, you probably want something — it could be as simple as wanting someone to like you. That's why people who meet celebrities tell them they're the greatest. More positively, if your hairstyle flatters your face, it emphasizes your best features. WORD FAMILYflatter: flattered, flatterer, flattering, flatters, flattery+/flatterer: flatterers/flattering: flatteringest, flatteringly, unflattering/flattery: flatteries/unflattering: unflatteringly USAGE EXAMPLESApparently midi-skirts elongate the figure and flatter the wearer, so this must be a good fall. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) Mom would tell me how flattering the shirt was on me “now.” Salon(Jan 01, 2017) Still, flattered as he was, Saban declined the offer initially because he didn’t want to spend another year in school. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) v praise somewhat dishonestly Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper blandish belittle, disparage, pick at express a negative opinion of soft-soap use flattering talk on somebody adulateflatter in an obsequious manner stroketreat gingerly or carefully bootlick, fawn, kotow, kowtow, suck up, toady, truckletry to gain favor by cringing or flattering brown-nose, butter upflatter with the intention of getting something court favor, court favour, curry favor, curry favourseek favor by fawning or flattery praise express approval of |
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