flatter的经典引文

1. 使感到满意，使满足，使感到高兴
2. 谄媚，奉承，讨好
3. （画，肖像上的形象）胜过（本人或实物），使显得优点突出
4. 引起...的奢望

1. 【机】平面锤，扁条拉模

1. praise somewhat dishonestly

1. 谄媚：他的友好沦于谄媚(flatter),而且他常常尽力让英国人娱乐(go out of his way to entertain English.) 虽然不令人厌恶,却的确让人有些尴尬. 我还记得在国外度过的第一个夜晚,同屋的马来西亚女孩儿听说我从中国来之后,

2. 恭维：打来打去在戏弄(dally)生气的边缘(flange),火光在摇曳(flare),问到了烧瓶(flask),姑姑在炫耀(flaunt),法律的瑕疵(flaw),出去才蔑视(flout),我们的面粉(flour),下边深陷(flounder),后来的恭维(flatter),残废的火焰(flame)口音在加重(accentuate),

3. 平面锤：平面图;俯视图 plan | 平面锤flatter | 平移 translation

4. 赶板机：赶平Flattening | 赶板机flatter | 赶平机 flattener

flatter about (v.+prep.)

在某方面恭维 praise too much about (sth)
flatter sb about sth

He flattered her about her cooking.

他恭维她烹调手艺高超。

flatter on (v.+prep.)

在某方面恭维 praise too much about (sth)
flatter on sth

The boy flattered on his composition.

这个男孩自以为作文写得好。

flatter sb on sth

He flattered her on her cooking.

他恭维她的烹调技术。

flatter oneself (v.+pron.)

自以为是,自鸣得意 have a high opinion of oneself; have the pleasant thought, perhaps mistaken opinion
flatter oneself

Don't flatter yourself, you could be wrong next time.

不要自以为了不起,下一次你就可能出错。

The chairman flatters himself on his judgment of people.

自认为他审视人比别人高明。

flatter oneself that-clause

I flatter myself that my judgment is usually correct.

我自认为我的判断一般是正确的。

The government is flattering itself that it can win the next election.

本届自以为能在下次选举中获胜。

We flatter ourselves that we provide the best service in town.

我们相信我们提供的服务在本市最好。

They flattered themselves that they would win.

他们自信一定会赢。

He flattered himself that he spoke French with a perfect accent.

他自以为法语说得很标准。

flatter with (v.+prep.)

以…讨好 ingratiate oneself with
flatter sb with sth

He flattered her with flowers and expensive gifts.

他用鲜花和昂贵的礼物讨好她。

He flattered himself with the hope of recovering his pen.

他以希望找回钢笔聊以自慰。

You flatter me with your concern for my health.

你关心我的健康,我感到很高兴。

• flatter greatly不胜荣幸
• flatter highly非常荣幸
• flatter hugely漂亮很多
• flatter immensely过于恭维
• flatter merely仅仅恭维
• flatter obviously明显地奉承
• flatter shamelessly无耻地奉承

• flatter about在某方面恭维
• flatter beyond measure受宠若惊
• flatter on在某方面恭维
• flatter with用…方法向某人谄媚

1. flatter的基本意思是“使高兴”“使满意”“使感到荣幸”,常指用超乎实际的过分话语奉承某人。引申可指某物使某人显得比本来面目更漂亮。
2. flatter是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
3. flatter常可接oneself作宾语,意为“自鸣得意”“自以为是”。其后常接that从句,可用于被动结构。
4. flatter的过去分词flattered常用作形容词,在句中作表语。