do everything to please sb ; do one's utmost to please and woo; pay one's addresses to a girl (/marked attention to sb) ❍ 如果你已经直截了当地对一个年轻人说，你已经决心不嫁给他，不管他想得多厉害，而他还是继续对你一，那真是一件很使人痛苦的事。It would be painful to see that a young man continued to pay you marked attentions when you had made it clear to him that you were determined not to marry him however much he might wish it.