no obj.(pander to)
- gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, need, 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。
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- dated a pimp〈旧〉皮条客。
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- archaic 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。
词源
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 cent.