flatter
- IPA[ˈfladər]
美式
- lavish insincere praise and compliments upon (someone), especially to further one's own interests；make (someone) feel honored 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 insincere praise and compliments upon (someone), especially to further one's own interests she was flattering him to avoid doing what he wanted 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ make (someone) feel honored and pleased I was very flattered to be given the commission at least I am flattered that you don't find me boring 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ make oneself feel pleased by believing something favorable about oneself, typically something that is unfounded I flatter myself I'm the best dressed man here
- ▪ give an unrealistically favorable impression of the portraitist flatters his sitter to the detriment of his art
- ▪ (of a color or a style of clothing) make (someone) appear more attractive or to the best advantage the muted fuchsia shade flattered her pale skin 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ please (the ear or eye) the beauty of the stone flattered the young clergyman's eyes
- smooth and even; without marked lumps or indentations: trim the surface of the cake to make it completely flat a flat wall
- in or to a horizontal position: he was lying flat on his back she had been knocked flat by the blast
- the flat part of something: she placed the flat of her hand over her glass
- lower (a note) by a semitone: when a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it
Oxford American Dictionary
- having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations: he sat down on a flat rock trim the surface of the cake to make it completely flat
- in or to a horizontal position: he was lying flat on his back she had been knocked flat by the blast
- the flat part of something: she placed the flat of her hand over her glass
- lower (a note) by a semitone: when a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it
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- (of a note) lowered by a semitone: a blues song sung with flatted notes
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- a set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger ... a block of flats
- live in or share a flat: Zoë flats in Auckland
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- (of a note) lowered by a semitone: a blues song sung with flatted notes
Oxford American Dictionary
- a suite of rooms forming one residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- appear promising but ultimately disappoint
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- as fast or as hard as possible
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- IPA[ˈflatə]
英式
- lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering ... she was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted
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