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
过分的赞美或认可,往往不真诚,有时为讨好而刻意为之。；过度的或不真诚的赞美；过分赞美的事例。；阿谀
Excessive or insincere praise, often given to win favor.
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。
用法提示：名词作介词to的宾语
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。
用法提示：名词作宾语
Flattery can sometimes open doors that honesty cannot.
谄媚有时能打开诚实无法打开的门。
用法提示：名词作主语
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。
比flattery更正式、语气更强，多用于对权威或名人的过度赞美。
强调卑躬屈膝的讨好行为，而非单纯的言语赞美。
更侧重顺从和低三下四的态度，不一定是言语上的称赞。
书面色彩较浓，不如flattery常用，语义相近。
grammar · medium
易错句子He always flatteries his boss.
正确表达He always flatters his boss.
flattery是名词，不能用作动词；动词应为flatter。
grammar · medium
易错句子She gave him a flattery.
正确表达She gave him flattery.
flattery为不可数抽象名词，前面不加不定冠词a。
目标义为“奉承（过度的不真诚称赞）”。criticism是常用的直接反义词，泛指批评，语气中性。
目标义为“奉承”。censure指正式、公开的强烈谴责，语气比criticism重，不能随意替换。
目标义为“奉承”。rebuke强调当面严厉训斥，常用于直接对抗的场合。
目标义为“奉承”。disapproval语气较温和，指不赞同或不认可，与奉承的出发点和强度不同。
‘flattery’是名词，‘flatter’是动词，注意词性差异
‘flattery’是名词，‘flattering’是形容词，注意修饰对象不同
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。
flatter (奉承) + -y (名词后缀)
flatter (词根，动词原形)
flatter (奉承) + -ing (形容词后缀)
flatter (奉承) + -er (名词后缀，表示人或者)
指以奉承讨好别人为手段的人，是flattery（奉承）行为中常见的主体。
flattery常被用作操控或影响他人判断与情感的一种手段。
因flattery往往言不由衷，容易与虚伪、隐瞒真实意图等概念相关联。
说奉承话的目的通常是赢得对方的好感或实际的好处。
奉承话往往迎合他人的虚荣心，因而是常见的话题相关词。
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。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, OCTANOVE, WIKTIONARY.