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flatter
- IPA[ˈflatə]
英式
- lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests;cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased
verb: flatter, 3rd person present: flatters, gerund or present participle: flattering, past tense: flattered, past participle: flattered
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- 1. lavish praise and compliments on (someone), often insincerely and with the aim of furthering one's own interests she was flattering him in order to avoid doing what he wanted 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ cause (someone) to feel honoured and pleased I was very flattered to be given the commission she felt flattered that he was confiding in her 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ choose to believe something favourable about oneself, typically when this belief is unfounded ‘Don't flatter yourself! I wasn't doing it for your benefit!’
- ▪ give an unrealistically favourable impression of the final scoreline flattered England
- ▪ (of a colour or a style of clothing) cause (someone) to appear to the best advantage the fuchsia shade flattered her pale skin 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ please (the ear or eye) the beauty of the stone flattered the clergyman's eyes
- smooth and even; without marked lumps or indentations: trim the surface of the cake to make it completely flat a flat wall
- in or to a horizontal position: he was lying flat on his back she had been knocked flat by the blast
- the flat part of something: she placed the flat of her hand over her glass
- lower (a note) by a semitone: when a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it
Oxford American Dictionary
- having a level surface; without raised areas or indentations: he sat down on a flat rock trim the surface of the cake to make it completely flat
- in or to a horizontal position: he was lying flat on his back she had been knocked flat by the blast
- the flat part of something: she placed the flat of her hand over her glass
- lower (a note) by a semitone: when a person has a poor ear for music, he will flat and sharp right along without knowing it
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a note) lowered by a semitone: a blues song sung with flatted notes
Oxford Dictionary
- (of a note) lowered by a semitone: a blues song sung with flatted notes
Oxford American Dictionary
- a set of rooms forming an individual residence, typically on one floor and within a larger ... a block of flats
- live in or share a flat: Zoë flats in Auckland
Oxford Dictionary
- a suite of rooms forming one residence, typically on one floor and within a larger building ...
Oxford American Dictionary
- appear promising but ultimately disappoint
Oxford Dictionary
- as fast or as hard as possible
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- IPA[ˈfladər]
美式
- lavish insincere praise and compliments upon (someone), especially to further one's own ... she was flattering him to avoid doing what he wanted
Oxford American Dictionary