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use flattery to do sth
He used flattery to gain her trust.
他用谄媚来赢得她的信任。
奉承；恭维；谄媚
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
奉承；恭维；谄媚
Excessive or insincere praise, often given to win favor.
He used flattery to gain her trust.
他用谄媚来赢得她的信任。
过分的赞美或认可,往往不真诚,有时为讨好而刻意为之。
Excessive praise or approval, which is often insincere and sometimes contrived to win favour.
过度的或不真诚的赞美
excessive or insincere praise
过分赞美的事例。
An instance of excessive praise.
He resorted to flattery to win her approval.
他诉诸谄媚来赢得她的认可。
I don't need your flattery; just tell me the truth.
我不需要你的奉承，告诉我真相就好。
Flattery can sometimes open doors that honesty cannot.
谄媚有时能打开诚实无法打开的门。
He used flattery to gain her trust.
他用谄媚来赢得她的信任。
susceptible表示易受影响的。
She is susceptible to flattery from her colleagues.
她容易受到同事阿谀的影响。
The manager was annoyed by the constant flattery from his subordinates.
经理对下属不断的巴结感到厌烦。
Not this
He always flatteries his boss.
Use this
He always flatters his boss.
flattery是名词，不能用作动词；动词应为flatter。
Not this
She gave him a flattery.
Use this
She gave him flattery.
flattery为不可数抽象名词，前面不加不定冠词a。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
露骨的奉承
He dismissed the compliments as blatant flattery.
他称这些赞美为露骨的奉承，不予理会。
奉承不管用
Flattery will get you nowhere with me.
奉承对我没用。
不为奉承所动
She is immune to flattery and judges people by their actions.
她不为奉承所动，以行动来判断别人。
容易听信奉承
He is susceptible to flattery, which makes him easy to manipulate.
他容易听信奉承，所以很容易被人操控。
空洞的恭维
Her praise sounded like empty flattery rather than genuine appreciation.
她的赞美听起来像是空洞的恭维，而不是真心的欣赏。
过分的奉承
Excessive flattery often hides a selfish motive.
过分的奉承往往隐藏着自私的动机。
奉承不会让你得到任何好处；阿谀奉承无济于事
He thought a few compliments would earn him a promotion, but flattery will get you nowhere.
他以为说几句恭维话就能得到晋升，但奉承是没用的。
模仿是最真诚的奉承
She wore the same dress as the celebrity, and she said imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
她穿了和那位名人一样的裙子，她说模仿是最真诚的奉承。
模仿是最真诚的奉承（指模仿某人实际上是表示钦佩）
His flattery of the manager was so obvious that everyone felt embarrassed.
他对经理的奉承如此明显，以至于大家都感到尴尬。
奉承就像香水，只可闻不可咽（意思是奉承的话听听就好，不能当真）
She was smart enough not to be fooled by his flattery.
她很聪明，不会被他奉承的话所迷惑。
Use flattery naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
记住“flattery”像“flat（平的）+tery”：夸人时把话说得又平又顺，听着舒服却不真心。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、正式文章 flattery 为中性词，通常口语和书面语都适用，多用来形容不真诚的恭维或奉承。语气不算特别正式，但也不俚俗。
与 battery、cattery、chattery 押韵，三者（美式英语）的 /ætɝi/ 部分一致。注意形近词：flatter 是 flattery 的拼写主干，但以 /ɚ/ 结尾，没有末尾的 /i/ 音，不押韵；flattering（/ˈflætərɪŋ/）也多一个音节，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.