v.奉承；恭维；取悦；显得好看
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。
This photograph flatters you. 这照片比你本人漂亮。
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.
