flatter

英语音标

英语翻译

v.奉承；恭维；取悦；显得好看

英语例句

My boss likes it when we flatter him. 我的老板喜欢我们奉承他。

Friends who flatter you to your face are not true friends. 凡是当面奉承你的朋友不是真朋友。

He flattered her about her cooking. 他恭维她的烹调手艺。

It's impossible for you to ask a girl to teach you how to flatter another. 你不可能让一个女孩教你如何取悦另一个女孩。

The picture certainly doesn't flatter her. 这张照片当然不及她本人好看。

英语语法

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。

flatter是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

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。

flatter的过去分词flattered常用作形容词,在句中作表语。

以下三句意思相同: 她很高兴受到他们的邀请。She was flattered by their invitation.She was flattered to be invited by them.She was flattered that they had invited her.

知识扩展

adj.奉承的；谄媚的

动词flatter的现在分词形式.

adj.奉承的；过分夸赞的

动词flatter的过去式和过去分词.

n.谄媚；阿谀；巴结

n.拍马屁的人；阿谀者；谄媚者

adj.逼真的；坦率的；不奉承的；不吸引人的

v.奉承；恭维；取悦；显得好看