v.奉承；恭維；取悅；顯得好看

My boss likes it when we flatter him. 我的老板喜歡我們奉承他。

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

He flattered her about her cooking. 他恭維她的烹調(diào)手藝。

It's impossible for you to ask a girl to teach you how to flatter another. 你不可能讓一個女孩教你如何取悅另一個女孩。

This photograph flatters you. 這照片比你本人漂亮。

The picture certainly doesn't flatter her. 這張照片當然不及她本人好看。

flatter的基本意思是“使高興”“使?jié)M意”“使感到榮幸”,常指用超乎實際的過分話語奉承某人。引申可指某物使某人顯得比本來面目更漂亮。

flatter是及物動詞,接名詞或代詞作賓語。

flatter常可接oneself作賓語,意為“自鳴得意”“自以為是”。其后常接that從句,可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。

flatter的過去分詞flattered常用作形容詞,在句中作表語。

以下三句意思相同: 她很高興受到他們的邀請。She was flattered by their invitation.She was flattered to be invited by them.She was flattered that they had invited her.