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单词 pander
释义
V15900700panderSpoken.243Fiction.52Magazine.144Newspaper.180Academic.81

pander

/ˈpændə(r)/
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。

1
dated a pimp
〈旧〉皮条客。
1.1
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.
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