flattery

C1 CET-6 大学 FREQ #16366

n. 谄媚, 阿谀, 巴结

发音

UK /ˈflæt.ə.ɹi/
其它
US /ˈflæt.ɚ.i/

词形变化

flatteries 复数 flatteries

教材释义与例句

名词

奉承；谄媚；恭维话

释义与例句

n. C1
  1. 1.

    Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.

    不可数 可数

    Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?

  2. 2.

    An instance of excessive praise.

    吹捧

    马屁

    奉承

    逢迎

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

compliment

下位词 9

sweet-talk adulation blarney coaxing softsoap blandishment cajolery palaver puffery

相关短语

imitation is the sincerest form of flattery Cape Flattery [网络] 海角奉承

词源

From Middle English flaterye, flaterie, from Old French flaterie, from the verb flater (“to flatter”). By surface analysis, flatter + -y (forming abstract nouns).

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