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单词 pander
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pander1/ʹpandə/ verb intrans (pandered, pandering)

(+ to) to encourage or exploit the weaknesses or vices of others; esp to provide gratification for the others’ desires of

The audience is vulgar and stupid, you've got to pander to them — Herman Wouk


pander2noun

dated a pimp

archaic somebody who panders to another's desires

Middle English, named after Pandarus, Lycian ally of the Trojans in the Trojan War. He appears in Boccaccio's Filostrato, and subsequently in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde and Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida, as the go-between who seduces Cressida on Troilus’ behalf
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