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pander v.迎合；拉皮条n.拉皮条者 (1) 由于她是独女，父母对她总是百依百顺。(2) 那儿的报纸迎合读者对犯罪和暴力的兴趣。 The word pander began its infamous history as the name of various characters. Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato. Pandarus was a character in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, as well as in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. These literary works all tell the tale of star-crossed lovers, and the namesake of pander is, essentially, a go-between whose motives don't seem entirely pure.

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英 ['pændə(r)] 美 ['pændər] (1) Since she was an only child, her parents pandered to her every whim.(2) The newspapers there pander to people's interest in crime and violence. If a campaigning politician wants to pander to a crowd of pet owners, he might deliver a speech while embracing his own pet poodle. To pander is to appease or gratify, and often in a negative, self-serving way. 1[VERB 动词]（常指为谋私利而）迎合 If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself.   [V to n]  [disapproval]He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes.他逢迎富人和中产阶级，得罪了该党的传统支持者。...books which don't pander to popular taste.不迎合大众口味的书

英语单词	pander
英美音标	英 ['pændə(r)] 美 ['pændər]
中文释义	v.迎合；拉皮条 n.拉皮条者
英语例句	(1) Since she was an only child, her parents pandered to her every whim. (2) The newspapers there pander to people's interest in crime and violence.
中文例句	(1) 由于她是独女，父母对她总是百依百顺。 (2) 那儿的报纸迎合读者对犯罪和暴力的兴趣。
vocabulary简明	If a campaigning politician wants to pander to a crowd of pet owners, he might deliver a speech while embracing his own pet poodle. To pander is to appease or gratify, and often in a negative, self-serving way.
vocabulary扩展	The word pander began its infamous history as the name of various characters. Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato. Pandarus was a character in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, as well as in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. These literary works all tell the tale of star-crossed lovers, and the namesake of pander is, essentially, a go-between whose motives don't seem entirely pure.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]（常指为谋私利而）迎合 If you pander to someone or to their wishes, you do everything that they want, often to get some advantage for yourself. [V to n] [disapproval] He has offended the party's traditional base by pandering to the rich and the middle classes. 他逢迎富人和中产阶级，得罪了该党的传统支持者。 ...books which don't pander to popular taste. 不迎合大众口味的书

Pander Pet Character Troilus 英 Pændə(R)] 美 Pændər V.迎合；拉皮条