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单词 pander
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Definition of pander in English:

pander

verb ˈpandəˈpændər
[no object]pander to
  • Gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire or taste or a person with such a desire or taste)

    迎合;纵容(不道德或可耻的欲望、需求、习惯或人)

    newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts

    报纸在迎合人们的低级趣味。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She tries to hold on to as much genuine stuff as she can while pandering to fancier tastes.
    • Hollywood is warned that the judge will no longer tolerate pandering to the masses.
    • Yet there are pundits who have dismissed his refusal to pander as pandering.
    • This is clearly a personal project for all concerned and one which isn't interested in pandering to the masses.
    • This low price should ensure a high take-up, pandering to people's desire to look good and not worry about a comfortable ride.
    • They have been replaced by a blackcurrant variety to pander to tastes beyond the county.
    • Though most Italian films still pandered to the public, there was hope new auteurs would emerge and find support for their efforts.
    • The Government should not be pandering to public taste in the arts, but rather driving it.
    • In the quest to satisfy the paying customers, sport has pandered to their wildest fantasies.
    • It therefore made good economic sense to pander to popular taste and reaffirm the unique selling points of mainstream Indian cinema.
    • But of course he was writing to satisfy his literary muse, not to pander to the base tastes of his public.
    • And the politicians are going to try to raise money by pandering to these same players.
    • ‘It is not the quality of the product that is at issue, it is the changing of a tradition to pander to different tastes,’ he said.
    • You can see the difficulty she's had now, where her opponent is framing her as pandering to minority interests.
    • Perhaps this is an example of where pandering to the masses is not always as attractive as it intuitively seems.
    • This strategy, admirable in its refusal to pander to European popular tastes, will of course never, ever, give Turkey a winning song.
    • So are cable news executives just pandering to the popular taste in order to get a bigger rating?
    • It is music of absolute integrity, always sensitive to the tiniest musical gesture, and never showy or pandering to fashion.
    • Excessive gift-giving is now so entrenched in Hollywood culture that a company has been set up just to pander to the tastes of the A-listers.
    • It gets worse when you find out that the groups you've been pandering to can't stand one another.
    Synonyms
    indulge, gratify, satisfy, cater to, give in to, fulfil, yield to, bow to, humour, please, accommodate, comply with, go along with
noun ˈpandəˈpændər
dated
  • 1A pimp.

    〈旧〉皮条客

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Figures representing the other three terms (Trinity, Hilary and Easter) enter, leading a ‘poor’ man who is made ‘rich’ as they present him with rich apparel, a page and a pander.
    • Fiesta also means ‘party’ in Spanish, and Trujillo's panders always tell the girls they are invited to a party.
    • On her arrival in London the country wench of Michaelmas Term is immediately given the advice by her pander that ‘Virginity is no city trade’.
    Synonyms
    procurer, procuress
    1. 1.1archaic A person who assists the immoral desires or evil designs of others.
      〈古〉迎合他人卑鄙欲望者;助恶者
      the lowest panders of a venal press

      为金钱所收买的新闻界最卑鄙的助恶者。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Milton had no doubt that God, Divine Providence and History itself had willed that the saints prevail over the King and his Anglicans, panders and sycophants.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Pandare, the name of a character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (see Pandarus). The verb dates from the early 17th century.

  • The early use of pander was from Pandare, the name of a character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde who acted as a lovers' go-between. Chaucer took the story from the 14th-century Italian writer Boccaccio. The sense ‘to indulge’ does not appear until the 19th century.

Rhymes

Amanda, Aranda, Baganda, Banda, brander, candour (US candor), coriander, dander, expander, gander, germander, goosander, jacaranda, Leander, Luanda, Lysander, meander, memoranda, Menander, Miranda, oleander, panda, pasanda, philander, propaganda, Rwanda, sander, Skanda, stander, Uganda, understander, Vanda, veranda, withstander, zander

Definition of pander in US English:

pander

verbˈpandərˈpændər
[no object]pander to
  • Gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.)

    迎合;纵容(不道德或可耻的欲望、需求、习惯或人)

    newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts

    报纸在迎合人们的低级趣味。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It gets worse when you find out that the groups you've been pandering to can't stand one another.
    • And the politicians are going to try to raise money by pandering to these same players.
    • The Government should not be pandering to public taste in the arts, but rather driving it.
    • It is music of absolute integrity, always sensitive to the tiniest musical gesture, and never showy or pandering to fashion.
    • This is clearly a personal project for all concerned and one which isn't interested in pandering to the masses.
    • Hollywood is warned that the judge will no longer tolerate pandering to the masses.
    • This strategy, admirable in its refusal to pander to European popular tastes, will of course never, ever, give Turkey a winning song.
    • In the quest to satisfy the paying customers, sport has pandered to their wildest fantasies.
    • She tries to hold on to as much genuine stuff as she can while pandering to fancier tastes.
    • This low price should ensure a high take-up, pandering to people's desire to look good and not worry about a comfortable ride.
    • So are cable news executives just pandering to the popular taste in order to get a bigger rating?
    • They have been replaced by a blackcurrant variety to pander to tastes beyond the county.
    • You can see the difficulty she's had now, where her opponent is framing her as pandering to minority interests.
    • ‘It is not the quality of the product that is at issue, it is the changing of a tradition to pander to different tastes,’ he said.
    • It therefore made good economic sense to pander to popular taste and reaffirm the unique selling points of mainstream Indian cinema.
    • Excessive gift-giving is now so entrenched in Hollywood culture that a company has been set up just to pander to the tastes of the A-listers.
    • Yet there are pundits who have dismissed his refusal to pander as pandering.
    • Perhaps this is an example of where pandering to the masses is not always as attractive as it intuitively seems.
    • But of course he was writing to satisfy his literary muse, not to pander to the base tastes of his public.
    • Though most Italian films still pandered to the public, there was hope new auteurs would emerge and find support for their efforts.
    Synonyms
    indulge, gratify, satisfy, cater to, give in to, fulfil, yield to, bow to, humour, please, accommodate, comply with, go along with
nounˈpandərˈpændər
dated
  • 1A pimp.

    〈旧〉皮条客

    Example sentencesExamples
    • On her arrival in London the country wench of Michaelmas Term is immediately given the advice by her pander that ‘Virginity is no city trade’.
    • Figures representing the other three terms (Trinity, Hilary and Easter) enter, leading a ‘poor’ man who is made ‘rich’ as they present him with rich apparel, a page and a pander.
    • Fiesta also means ‘party’ in Spanish, and Trujillo's panders always tell the girls they are invited to a party.
    Synonyms
    procurer, procuress
    1. 1.1archaic A person who assists the baser urges or evil designs of others.
      〈古〉迎合他人卑鄙欲望者;助恶者
      the lowest panders of a venal press

      为金钱所收买的新闻界最卑鄙的助恶者。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • Milton had no doubt that God, Divine Providence and History itself had willed that the saints prevail over the King and his Anglicans, panders and sycophants.

Origin

Late Middle English (as a noun): from Pandare, the name of a character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (see Pandarus). The verb dates from the early 17th century.

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