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
Thanks.
谢谢。
We shall lie all alike in our graves.
一进坟墓,大家一样。
It was not forced upon them by the survival competition; they could have caught and lived on prey without using poison, just as the thousands of non-poisonous snakes still do.