Clothes, lights, or pictures that are flattering make a person look as good as they can — slimmer, 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.

Clothes, lights, or pictures that are flattering讓人顯得好看的衣服、燈光，或照片 make a person look as good as they can會讓一個人看起來盡量好——slimmer, younger, more at ease比較瘦、比較年輕、比較從容——even if that is a little kinder than the plain truth就算這比赤裸裸的事實稍微仁慈一點。 A flattering dress is one that suits your shapeflattering 的洋裝，就是適合你身形的那種；a flattering photo is one from a kind angleflattering 的照片，就是從討喜角度拍的那種。

People also call a remark flattering when it praises you.

People also call a remark flattering人們也會說一句話是 flattering 的， when it praises you當它在稱讚你的時候。

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.

Though actually不過其實， about clothes就衣服來說， it is not a mean kind of lying這不是什麼惡意的說謊；it means the clothes show you at your best意思是這件衣服把你最好的一面呈現出來， and we are often glad of that而我們通常也很樂意這樣。

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.

The word can stretch further這個字還可以延伸得更遠：a flattering report may make a plan or a result sound as good as possible一份 flattering 的報告，可能會把一個計畫或結果講得盡量好聽， even if it is not really that strong就算它其實沒那麼出色。