flattery
n[U]
insincere praise 奉承; 恭维话
With a little flattery I might persuade him to do the job. 我说几句好听的, 也许能说服他去做这工作.
(saying 谚) Flattery will get you nowhere, ie I will not be influenced by your flattering remarks. 你恭维奉承也无济於事.
🗣️ 情景例句
Maybe we'll all care now.
也许我们大家现在都关心起来了。
Politically,the country is divided into fifty states.
这个国家政治地被划分成50个州。
One man was told to fix up an air-line to provide compressed air for the machines they were using.