| 单词 | pander |
| 释义 | pander (once / 4654 pages) 1v 2vn 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. The word pander began its infamous history as the name of various characters. Pandaro was a character in Boccaccio’s Filostrato. Pandarus was a character in Chaucer’s Troilus and Criseyde, as well as in Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida. These literary works all tell the tale of star-crossed lovers, and the namesake of pander is, essentially, a go-between whose motives don't seem entirely pure. WORD FAMILYpander: pandered, panderer, pandering, panders+/panderer: panderers USAGE EXAMPLESIt’s a pander to liberal hysteria over Trump’s win that will doubtless feed conspiracy theories for years to come. Washington Times(Nov 30, 2016) Lonina has been charged with rape, kidnapping, sexual battery, and pandering sexual matter involving a minor. The New Yorker(Nov 27, 2016) Playwrights wrote plays pandering to one party or another. Washington Post(Nov 24, 2016) 1 v yield (to); give satisfaction to 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper gratify, indulge humor, humour put into a good mood spreeengage without restraint in an activity and indulge, as when shopping sow one's oats, sow one's wild oatslive promiscuously and self-indulgently cater, ply, provide, supply give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance 1v arrange for sexual partners for others Hyper cater, ply, provide, supply give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance 2n someone who procures customers for prostitutes Hyper offender, wrongdoer a person who transgresses moral or civil law |
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