| 单词 | flatter |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['flætə] |
| 解释 | v.恭维，奉承 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 恭维,奉承(praise sb too much) 【考】 fulminate : criticize / adulate : flatter(斥责是猛烈批评/谄 媚是拼命奉承)malinger : ail / flatter : appreciate(装病是假装生病/奉 承是假装赞美)scorn : reject / adulate : flatter / disparage : ignore(不屑是严厉拒绝/谄 媚是拼命奉承/蔑视是 十分忽视)flatter : praise / l 【例】 I was very flattered by your invitation to talk at the conference. |
| 字源 | flatter (v.) early 13c., from Old French flater "to flatter" (13c.), originally "stroke with the hand, caress," from Frankish *flat "palm, flat of the hand" (see flat (adj.)). "[O]ne of many imitative verbs beginning with fl- and denoting unsteady or light, repeated movement" [Liberman]. Related: Flattered; flattering. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 恭维, 奉承(为了博得欢心, 过分地、不真诚地赞扬) 【参】flatterer(n 奉承者) 【类】fulminate: criticize = adulate: flatter 斥责是过分批评 = 谄媚是过分奉承scorn: reject = disparage: ignore 不屑是过分拒绝 = 蔑视是过分忽视malinger: ail = flatter: appreciate 装病是假生病 = 奉承是假赞美flatter: praise = loquacious: talkative奉承是过分赞扬 = 喋喋不休是过分多话 【反】excoriate(v 批判) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】flat 平 + ter 使平,拍平→拍 |
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