| 词汇 | blandishments |
| 释义 | blandishments noun[ plural ] formaluk /ˈblæn.dɪʃ.mənts/ us /ˈblæn.dɪʃ.mənts/ pleasant words or actions used in order to persuade someone to do something: 甜言蜜语;奉承话 She was impervious to his blandishments.她对他的甜言蜜语无动于衷。 Reassuring assure someone of something be/take a weight off your mindidiom calm (someone) down comforting consolation console consoling consolingly lift lighten mind reassurance reassure reassuring set/put someone's mind at rest/easeidiom settle down tabling they should worry!idiom weight you do you idiom Examples of blandishmentsblandishments She pleads with all her blandishments for forgiveness, while he, burrowing into his soul, can hardly find a reason to embrace her again. There was obviously no prospect of securing carriers, so further blandishments were resorted to in order to induce the existing ones to carry on. Others may understand but be easily led, lacking the will to resist blandishments or coercion. Others may have understanding but be easily led, lacking strong enough motivation and volition to resist the blandishments of others. By nature such creatures were predisposed (possibly, even, predetermined) to incline towards evil, and this inclination made them peculiarly susceptible to the blandishments of tyrants. Having spent the whole opera resisting, so to speak, the blandishments of the triple-time aria, in the final scene she gives herself to them body and soul. These factors range from the convenience of one's polling location to the blandishments of ward captains to the ways in which voting is looked upon by one's peers. But his blandishments fall on very stony ground here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For many of them who are able to keep up the payments, there will be a major financial advantage in the blandishments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It contains blandishments, statements of good intent and a rosy glow of change, but no substance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 With blandishments such as that, how can anybody resist? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot go on blandishments, hope, and so on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least we are not relying on polite requests to the authorities or upon blandishments. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At the age of 60 or 65, does one, by some biological miracle, suddenly become an aesthetic, indifferent to the blandishments of the consumer world? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That public concern begins with the blandishments, the seductions, which are offered to young people. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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