flatter /ˈflætə/ CET6 TEM4 ( flattering, flattered, flatters )

• 1. 

  V-T If someone flatters you, they praise you in an exaggerated way that is not sincere, because they want to please you or to persuade you to do something. 奉承 [表不满]

  例：

  I knew she was just flattering me.

  我知道她只是在奉承我。

• 2. 

  V-T If you flatter yourself that something good is the case, you believe that it is true, although others may disagree. If someone says to you "you're flattering yourself" or "don't flatter yourself," they mean that they disagree with your good opinion of yourself. 自以为是; 高看自己

  例：

  I flatter myself that this campaign will put an end to the war.

  我自以为这次战役将结束这场战争。

• 3. 

  V to show to advantage 凸显

  例：

  that dress flatters her

• 4. 

  N a blacksmith's tool, resembling a flat-faced hammer, that is placed on forged work and struck to smooth the surface of the forging 平面锤

• 5. 

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