他有一种奇怪的想法——等他有时间浏览那本《迷倒女巫的十二个制胜法宝》，准会发现有一章是专门讲如何奉承人的。
He had a funny notion that he would find a chapter on compliments when he found time to peruse his copy of Twelve Fail-Safe Ways to Charm Witches;
有些人靠阿谀奉承谋求好处。
他在书中列出几个可能的词源，其中一个拉丁词源意指“使增大”，正如奉承(flattery)使人的自尊心膨胀。
There he lays out a few potential etymologies for flatter, one of which is a Latin root meaning to "make big" as flattery would do to one's ego.
在对犹太人的礼貌和主办方的奉承致谢上，欧文先生是见识十足。但他遭遇了一位衰弱，偏执的人士。
Mr Irving was savvy enough to be polite about Jews and ingratiatingly grateful to his hosts, but he came across as a broken, paranoid man.
他更不会阿謏奉承, 也不会去害人和佔人便宜.
在艰难和危险的时刻，奉承和欺骗不再能蒙蔽人(朱尼厄斯的信)。
There is a moment of difficulty and danger at which flattery and falsehood can no longer deceive (Letters of Junius).
叶没有放弃善意的劝说，但是现在风的周围有很多每天谄媚奉承之辈，让这样一个人接受这些逆耳忠言是很困难的。
Ye does not give up persuade him, but there are so many people who flatters around Feng every day now, It's hard for such a person accept those sincere advice.
大多数人都奉承那些生性暴躁的部落人，而后者间或会谋杀他们。
Most lionised the fierce tribesmen, who periodically murdered them.
人，不像其他动物，不是一味奉承其本能与感官冲动的傀儡。
Man is not, like the animals, an obsequious puppet of instincts and sensual impulses.
这和空洞的奉承有很大区别，大部分人都容易发觉。
This is very different from empty flattery, which most people are adept at detecting.
他从不对人阿谀奉承。
这一成就使他成为比大多数世界领导人还要受世人瞩目的人物，许多领导人都争先恐后地奉承他，与他合影。
The success made him more recognizable than most world leaders, many of whom fall over each other to curry his favor and be photographed with him.
我鄙视对上司谄媚奉承的马屁精；这种人通常也擅于欺凌威协他们的下属。
I despise toadies who suck up to their bosses; they are generally the same people who bully their subordinates.
有些人就喜欢听奉承话。
有一些人常常向别人阿谀奉承，他们这么做并不是因为他们打心底里相信自己的鬼话，而仅仅是为了取悦别人。由此，人们便开始把这些人叫做。
Since people who excessively flatter others do so only to please and not because the really believe what they are saying, flatterers started to be called called placebos.
一个人对一个人的奉承其实是口蜜腹剑。
这些人好出怨言，不满命运；按照自己的私欲行事，他们好说大话，为了利益而奉承他人。
These people are complainers, disgruntled ones who live by their desires; their mouths utter bombast as they fawn over people to gain advantage.
有些人，虽然金山不能诱惑他们，但奉承却可以攻破其防线。
Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.
朋友与奉承者不会是同一个人。
阿谀奉承远比仇恨更危险，盖因前者掩饰人的污点，而后者却促使人们抹掉污点。
Flattery is more dangerous than hatred because it covers the stains which the other causes to be wiped out.
对某些人更加偏爱是人的本性，同样对恭维奉承有反应也是人之常情。
It's human nature to like some people more than others, and it's also all too human to respond to flattery and sucking-up.
一个人越伟大，对赞扬和奉承就越反感。
The greater a man is , the more distasteful praise and flattery are to him .
由于惧怕赵高，有些人保持沉默，有些人想奉承赵高，说是马。当然还有些诚实的官员，他们说了实话：这是一只鹿。
Scared by Zhao Gao, some kept silent, some followed his words to flatter him and of course there stood some honest officials who told the truth: it was a stag.
不要一开始奉承收件人——尽管简短的赞美可能会帮上忙。
Don't butter up the recipient first - although a brief compliment may help.
现在去奉承《君子协定》的教育性是显而易见的。格里高利“派克装扮成一个犹太人(大家也是这样认为的)揭露并告发反犹太人。”
It is easy now to cringe at the didacticism of "Gentleman's Agreement," in which Gregory Peck pretends to be a Jew (and is actually believed to be one) to expose and denounce anti-Semitism.
现在去奉承《君子协定》的教育性是显而易见的。格里高利“派克装扮成一个犹太人(大家也是这样认为的)揭露并告发反犹太人。”
It is easy now to cringe at the didacticism of "Gentleman's Agreement," in which Gregory Peck pretends to be a Jew (and is actually believed to be one) to expose and denounce anti-Semitism.
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