喜樂美語
  1. 1（衣服、照片）很襯、顯好看的；也指讓某事聽起來盡量好

    Clothes, lights, or pictures that are flattering make a person look as good as they can — , younger, more at ease — even if that is a little kinder than the plain truth. A flattering dress is one that suits your shape; a flattering photo is one from a kind angle. People also call a remark flattering when it praises you. Though actually, about clothes it is not a mean kind of lying; it means the clothes show you at your best, and we are often glad of that. The word can stretch further: a flattering report may make a plan or a result sound as good as possible, even if it is not really that strong.

From the word’s history

From Middle English flatering; flatter + -ing.

flatter 加 -ing，中古英文就有 flatering。

Wiktionary

組成From Middle English flatering; flatter + -ing (having that pleasing effect)

同家族的字

  • flatterthe verb: to praise or to make someone look good
  • flatteredhow you feel when the praise or the kind picture lands on you
  • flatterythe noun for that kind of praise

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

flatteringadj/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/

  • 1

    Attractive or good-looking; that makes one look good.

    • The dress really did not look very flattering on her figure.
  • 2

    Gratifying to one's self-esteem; complimentary.

  • 3

    That which represents too favorably.

flatteringnoun/ˈflætəɹɪŋ/

  • 1

    The action of the verb to flatter.

  • 2

    Instances of flattery.

這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：

摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。