| 词汇 | example_english_flattery |
| 释义 | Examples of flatteryThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. As part of this policy, ' promises, flattery and threats were employed ' to bring the clergy round to his views. The island is an allegory of the insubstantial promises and flatteries that people must subsist on to survive in this world. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. By appropriating the music of his enemy, he cloaks his subterfuge in flattery. While individual citizens will vary in their sensitivity to implicit denigration or explicit flattery, on average authoritarian speech should elicit more disaffiliation and electoral speech should elicit more affiliation. I am not asking for flattery for my colleagues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, we know the judgment of the rest of the world on our record. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Fifty-two days is quite long enough for me to learn to avoid the temptations and seductions of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am bewildered by this combination of insults and flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I notice that he, too, has gone, probably because of a surfeit of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A salesman who starts with a little flattery or soft soap will sometimes sell a very good insurance policy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The proposed system is an invitation to schools to buy flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have shown the sincerest form of flattery, which is imitation, for some centuries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A little flattery gets one a long way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was exaggerating in his flattery of my spin bowling. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Given that he was not born yesterday, he would wonder what all that flattery is leading to. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is probably the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not disagree with the tone or intent behind what he said, and if he accepts that as flattery, that is fair enough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nevertheless, one has to realise that in most circumstances imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To copy another man's bad points is the most insincere form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe it is a mark of a cold and suspicious nature to be unmoved by flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I regard imitation as a very sincere form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is apparently the greatest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suppose that that is a veiled form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Flattery, rather than kicks, gets people further in the world. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am reminded that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have been brought up to believe that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have heard that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but it is news to me that imitation is the sincerest form of reprobation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They want these advantages and simultaneously want the powers, the flattery and the ego-trip of some type of separation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He said—how could he speak otherwise after that flattery? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was referring to my distinguished octogenarian predecessor of the same surname, who, unhappily, is not with us to appreciate the joke and the flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are told that imitation is the highest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I always listen to flattery with close attention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He told us the other night that flattery was the vice of all statesmen. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I take the view that imitation is the best form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is no form of flattery more sincere than imitation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Good officers can always lead their men, and no amount of fulsome praise or flattery will make good officers out of bad officers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Although we may expect little flattery or applause, these things in themselves will prove enduring compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but we are frank enough to admit that it will probably cost money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that they will accept my congratulations and flattery rather in his words than in his spirit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have not recovered from that lavish flattery which he has cast upon us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Many of them have been, or are in the process of being, copied by other countries, and that must be the greatest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say this not out of any interest in constituency flattery but because that is my experience. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Flattery will get my noble friend a long way but not as far as my agreeing to this amendment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am always susceptible to flattery, particularly when it is expressed so eloquently. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We know that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Everyone knows that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is the sincerest flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was guilty of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should go to law, try every other method of flattery or ridicule, if so wished, scientific arguments; but we must get this ludicrous ban lifted. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 A little flattery will get one everywhere! From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, there the flattery ends. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I may start with flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and we are taking the best types of community programme and using them as a model on which to build the new scheme. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Imitation is the highest form of flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We accept as flattery this additional imitation of our policies—a process of which we have been getting an increasing number of examples in the last few months. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He will not succeed by flattery. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The means whereby that is achieved—hostility, confrontation, bullying, intimidation and perhaps even flattery—are an irrelevance provided only that the interests of "entertainment"and of"good" television are adequately served. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is the princely type, who entertains customers with upper-class etiquette and shameless flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The officials compete in their corruption and flattery, to the detriment of the people. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Their initial disposition towards the player is hostile, although like pirates they can be temporarily appeased through flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He is also noted for having no temper and being immune to flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Secret organizations, set up to combat secret organizations, give the same flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He turns his back on the praise of nobles, which he sees as flattery and falsehood, and sets his eyes on the blessedness of heaven. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Hints that the mission would leave if nothing could be achieved were placated with flattery and invitations to stay on. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Fubuki is usually serious and calm, but is not above flattery and can be prideful at times. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Both sisters are eager for power and even convince their father with false flattery to hand over his kingdom. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. However, his smooth talk and flattery soon make her devoted to him again because of his perfect genetics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Historians and philosophers have paid attention to flattery as a problem in ethics and politics. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Along with flattery, the attractiveness of sales reps has been noted, with a trend of former cheerleaders entering the field. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Whether this request was at all serious or merely a form of courtly flattery is not known, but the latter is suspected. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The next contest is for authors, and it is the game of tickling: getting money from patrons by flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Knowing he would likely fail to press the warriors into the army, he came up with plan to use his greatest strengths: flattery and treachery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. He balanced his penchant for universal critical thought with liberal doses of flattery and praise to the appropriate individuals in aristocratic society. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The poem also distorts the meaning of xenia, reducing the powerful bonds of host-guest friendship down to a calculated exchange of flattery for services. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The judge's attempts at flattery and bribery failed. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. His weakness into helping others is flattery and pestering. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Through vanity and flattery they led the people to commit the same sins that they themselves did. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. To this end, they created around our delegation a harsh and dangerous atmosphere, in which open threats were combined with cunning flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Conversely, when poets wrote favorably about each other, they merely exchanged flattery. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The poem is a cautionary tale against those who use flattery and charm to disguise their true evil intentions. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. In an interesting reprise in the final part of the poem, he associates flattery and avarice, on the grounds that both produce false counsel. He steps up his attacks on flattery throughout this part of the poem, reaffirming by contrast the authority of his own exchange with the prince. The unction of his self-flattery was irresistible; to listen was to become insensibly as interested in him as he was in himself. The point is that, even here, there is a good dose of political sermonizing intermingled with the flattery. Flattery and contempt are possibilities that threaten any exchange between ruler and dependent. Egged on by their continual flattery, he gives them gifts until all his wealth is gone, at which point they begin to treat him unkindly. The beggar so firmly associates pleasant news with flattery that the measure of the truth becomes virtually its unpleasantness to princely ears. Though both characters will continue to communicate in the degraded language of flattery throughout this scene, they do so under severe discursive constraint. Generous, she should not engage in flattery or gossip, and she must not keep secrets or withdraw herself too often in solitude away from others. The subscription provided an alternative to flattery and must surely have seemed to her the most manageable form of dependence. In spite of his impatience, loyal subjects refuse to speak anything but false flattery. His education is generally worse, by flattery and idleness and luxury, and those evil dispositions that early power is apt to give. Opinion, like flattery, was a means of manipulating rulers ; like fortune, another woman, it was seen as a wholly unstable justification for action. They were also well suited to seeking favours or support, openly or through the exercise of charm, flattery, and solicitation. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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