Flattery

(noun.) excessive or insincere praise.

整理:温弗雷德

• Hannah, on the contrary, demanded no respect, only flattery. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There, you are less than civil now; and I like rudeness a great deal better than flattery. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• But he was now married; and she condemned her heart for the lurking flattery, which so much heightened the pain of the intelligence. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Among such friends, however, and such flattery, he did revive. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Now, the very grossness of this flattery put Bella upon proving that she actually did please in spite of herself. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Successful love may sometimes use the language of flattery, I admit. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• By a mixture of boasting, subtlety, and flattery he won over the young and ambitious Tsar, Alexander I--he was just thirty years old--to an alliance. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• To break him in by severity would be a useless attempt; to win him by flattery would be an effort worse than useless. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• There was much flattery of the young god, much detraction of Philip, at which Alexander had smiled with satisfaction. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Her ignorance is hourly flattery. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Flattery they scorn very much; honest abuse they enjoy. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Now, I am accessible to a woman's flattery--accessible against my reason. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Take care they don't spoil you by flattery. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• But the crazy notion was, nevertheless, present henceforth in his brain, ready to be inflamed by wine or flattery. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• She never came into a family but she strove to bring misery with her and to weaken the most sacred affections with her wicked flattery and falsehoods. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Lead her from the festive boards, Point her to the starry skies, Guard her, by your truthful words, Pure from courtship's flatteries. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.

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