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flatter
- IPA[ˈflatə]
英式
- lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests;cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased
verb: flatter, 3rd person present: flatters, gerund or present participle: flattering, past tense: flattered, past participle: flattered
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動詞
- 1. lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests she was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased I was very flattered to be given the commission she felt flattered that he was confiding in her 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ choose to believe something favourable about oneself, typically when this belief is unfounded ‘Don't flatter yourself! I wasn't doing it for your benefit!’
- ▪ give an unrealistically favourable impression of the final scoreline flattered England
- ▪ (of a colour or a style of clothing) cause (someone) to appear to the best advantage the fuchsia shade flattered her pale skin 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ please (the ear or eye) the beauty of the stone flattered the clergyman's eyes