| 词汇 | flattery |
| 释义 | flattery noun[ U ] uk /ˈflæt.ər.i/ us /ˈflæt̬.ər.i/ the act of praising someone, often in a way that is not sincere, because you want something from them: 奉承，讨好，恭维 I was really pleased when he said how well I'd done, because he isn't known for flattery.他说我做得很好的时候，我真的很高兴，因为他不是那种好恭维人的人。 Praising insincerely or too eagerly backhanded compliment bootlicker bow and scrapeidiom crawler creep glad-handing grovel grovelling grovellingly hagiographic obsequious obsequiously people pleaser play up to someone schmooze sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous Idiomflattery will get you nowhere Examples of flatteryflattery 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 See all examples of flattery 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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