flatter
奉承
常用释义
英音[ ˈflætə(r) ]
美音[ ˈflætər ]
变形
第三人称单数:
flatters
现在分词:
flattering
过去式:
flattered
过去分词:
flattered
基本释义
- v. 奉承，讨好；使高兴，使感到荣幸；使显得更漂亮；使（某物）显得更重要（更好）
考试频率
中考
考频：近四年出现11次
- n. 公寓; 单元房
- adj. 平的
高考
考频：近六年出现1次
- adj. 平的
四级
考频：近五年出现5次
- adj. 平的
- n. 低洼沼泽地
六级
考频：近五年出现6次
- adj. 平的
- n. 低洼沼泽地
考研
考频：近六年出现2次
- n. 公寓
- adj. 枯燥的; 无趣的
例句
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1·Are you trying to flatter me?你是想讨好我？来源: 《牛津词典》
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2·That colour doesn't flatter many people.那种颜色很多人都不适宜。来源: 《牛津词典》
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3·Clever tailoring can flatter your figure.巧妙的裁剪可以使你的身材显得优美。来源: 《牛津词典》
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4·I flatter myself that this campaign will put an end to the war.我自以为这次战役将结束这场战争。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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5·You can make your stomach look flatter instantly by improving your posture.你可以改善坐姿，腹部就会马上显得平些。来源: 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
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6·It may flatter you to know, Mastro Antonio, that I have come to you to beg for a favor.您知道，安东尼奥师傅，我来是求您帮个忙的。
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7·Atlas, the flatter of the two, has a diameter of only 18 kilometers from pole to pole but is almost 40 kilometers across its waist.阿特拉斯是两者中较平整的一个，极点间的直径只有18公里，但它的赤道周长却有40公里。
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8·Our short-lives connexion with existence we fondly flatter ourselves, is an indissoluble and lasting union—a honeymoon that knows neither coldness, jar, nor separation.我们一厢情愿，痴心妄想，竟把自己在世上的暂时栖身，当作千古不变、万事长存的结合，好像没有冷淡、争执、离别的蜜月。
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9·He was the kind of person who would flatter you to your face, and then slander you behind your back.他是那种当面胁肩谄笑。背地里造谣中伤的人。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
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10·It's very good of you to say so, but I don't deserve such praise.; You flatter me. I wish I could deserve such compliments.好说，好说! 您太夸奖了。来源: 《新英汉大辞典》
网络释义
- flatter oneself : 自鸣得意；自以为是
同根词
词根：
flatter
词语辨析
flatter/butter up/suck up/toady.导航词义：奉承
flatter:v. 奉承，讨好.指为了取悦某人或得到好处而赞扬某人，常含言不由衷之意。
It is obvious that he is just flattering Susan.
很明显，他只不过是在奉承苏珊。
You can flatter him by complimenting him on his dancing.
称赞他的舞蹈就能讨好他。
butter up:phr. v. 奉承，讨好.指为了让别人帮自己做事而对其说好话。
It is no use buttering me up because I can do nothing to help you.
奉承我没用，我帮不了你什么忙。
You can butter him up easily.
他很容易讨好。
suck up:phr. v. 奉承，巴结.指为了得到好处而取悦当权者，对其说很多好话或帮其做事，常后接介词 to。
He always sucks up to his manager.
他总是拍经理的马屁。
She keeps sucking up to the teacher.
她不停地巴结教师。
toady:v. 谄媚，奉承.指为了能得到帮助而为有权势的人做事或假装对其欣赏、尊敬、友善等，常后接介词 to。
He is the only one that gets the bonus because he is always toadying to his boss.
他是唯一一个得到奖金的人，因为他总是拍老板的马屁。
They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.
他们随后来到后台，对他奉承了一番。