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flattervt.
1. lead on or encourage (with false hopes),deceive（用虚假的希望）引诱或鼓舞，欺骗。
△1H.VI.2.1.51:“Didst thou at first. to flatter us withal,/ Make uspartakers of a little gain. / That now our loss mightbe ten times so much?”你是不是一上来先引诱我们，让我们先尝一点儿甜头，而现在又使我们遭受十倍那么大的损失？
△3H.VI.3.2.143: “Flattering me with impossibili-ties.”i.e. deceiving myself by contemplating what Ireally know to be impossible. 以设想不可能之事来自我安慰。
2. gloss over,palliate,excuse,countenance粉饰，掩饰，原谅，支持。
△1H.VI.5.5.25:“So should I give consentto flatter sin.”这样，我就得对掩饰罪恶表示同意了。
3. soothe抚慰。
△R.III.4.4.246:“Flatter my sorrowwith report of it；”你是用重述我的悲痛来抚慰我的悲痛。
vb. praise unduly. fawn 阿谀，奉承。
△3H.VI.5.6.3:“’Tis sin to flatter，‘good’ was little better.”i.e. lit-tle better than flattery. 阿谀人是罪过，动不动就说“好”比阿谀奉承也好不了多少。
Phrases:
flatter up: pamper,coddle纵容，娇养。
△L.L.L.5.2822 (814): “To flatter up these powers of mine withrest. ”贪图安逸，把我自己的身体娇养起来。
flatter with: encourage with hopeful or pleasing ideas（用讨好的有希望的念头）鼓励，怂恿。
△Tw.1.5.324 (303):“Desire him not to flatter with his lord，”请他不要鼓励他的主人。 flatter[ˈflætə]v. 奉承，讨好，恭维，吹捧
◇ flatter oneself 自信，自以为
‖ flatter and toady 阿谀
flatter servilely 谄谀
flattery n. flattery index 颜色舒适度指数
flatterer n. 奉承者，恭维者 |