blandish

v. 谄媚, 奉承, 讨好

发音

US /ˈblændɪʃ/
其它
UK /ˈblændɪʃ/

词形变化

blandished blandishes 三单 blandishes blandishing blandishing 现在分词 blandished 过去式 blandished 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To persuade someone by using flattery; to cajole.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To praise someone dishonestly; to flatter or butter up.

    及物

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

flatter

上位词 1

praise

下位词 10

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词源

From Middle English blaundishen (“to flatter; to fawn; to be enticing or persuasive; to be favourable; of the sea: to become calm”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman blaundishen, from blandiss-, the extended stem of Middle French blandir + Middle English -ishen (suffix forming verbs). Blandir is derived from Latin blandīrī (“to fawn, flatter; to delude”), from blandus (“fawning, flattering, smooth, suave; persuasive; alluring, enticing, seductive; agreeable, pleasant”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)mel- (“erroneous, false; bad, evil”)) + -iō (suffix forming causative verbs from adjectives). The English word is analysable as bland + -ish; compare bland (“agreeable, pleasant, suave; mild, soothing”).

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