flattery

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈflæt.ə.ɹi/    美 /ˈflæt.ɚ.i/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour. uncountable
    — Don't you know that some of his contributions here are pure flattery?
  2. An instance of excessive praise. countable
    — But I pitty the flatteries, and ſelfe-applauſes of a careleſſe and impenitent heart: This jollity hath in it much danger, and vvithout ſome change, death.

词形变化

flatteries plural

词汇关系

近义词
carny flattery incense adulation ass-kissing ass-licking blandishment gloze hoomalimali soft sawder sooth sycophancy
上位词
courtship praise
衍生词
Cape Flattery imitation is the sincerest form of flattery self-flattery
相关词
flatter flattered flattering

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).
0 次浏览 数据来源: Wiktionary