pander
pander 英 [ˈpændə(r)] 美 [ˈpændɚ]
vi. 迎合；勾引；怂恿；拉皮条 n. 怂恿者；拉皮条者；老鸨 vt. 为…拉皮条
进行时:pandering 过去式:pandered 过去分词:pandered 第三人称单数:panders 名词复数:panders
- If a campaigning politician wants to pander to a crowd of pet owners, he might deliver a speech while embracing his own pet poodle. To pander is to appease or gratify, and often in a negative, self-serving way.
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- vi. 迎合；勾引；怂恿；拉皮条
- n. 怂恿者；拉皮条者；老鸨
- vt. 为…拉皮条
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1. So how do you pander to the old audience without alienating the new one?
那么，在不疏远新听众的情况下，怎样迎合老听众？
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2. They pander to an easy, unchallenging notion that all you have to do is let your natural creativity out of its shell.
这些所谓的技巧只是为了迎合一个简单到毫无挑战性的观念：你所做的一切都只为了让本能的心智开窍。
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3. At the moment, there seems to be a good rapport between the couple and the press but William does not pander to them.
就目前来看，这对夫妇和媒体间关系亲密，但是威廉并没有故意迎合他们（媒体）。
- pander (n.) "arranger of sexual liaisons, one who supplies another with the means of gratifying lust," 1520s, "procurer, pimp," from Middle English Pandare (late 14c.), used by Chaucer ("Troylus and Cryseyde"), who borrowed it from Boccaccio (who had it in Italian form Pandaro in "Filostrato") as name of the prince (Greek Pandaros), who procured the love of Cressida (his niece in Chaucer, his cousin in Boccaccio) for Troilus. The story and the name are medieval inventions. Spelling influenced by agent suffix -er.
- pander (v.) "to indulge (another), to minister to base passions," c. 1600, from pander (n.). Related: Pandered; pandering.
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