ingratiate

词根词缀:

词根
grat, gree= pleasing, grace 令人高兴的;高雅

agreeable adj. 愉快的;惬意的

a 加强 + gree 令人高兴的;高雅 + able …的 → 非常高兴的 → 愉快的

grace n. 优美,文雅

gra〔= grat〕令人高兴的;高雅 + ce → 高雅 → 文雅

gracious adj. 文雅的;亲切的

grac〔e〕优美,文雅 + ious …的 → 文雅的;亲切的

grateful adj. 感谢的;愉快的

grate〔= grat〕令人高兴的;高雅 + ful …的 → 感谢的;愉快的

gratification n. 满足;喜悦

gratify的名词

gratify v. 使满足;使高兴

grat 令人高兴的;高雅 + ify 使 → 使〔人〕高兴

gratitude n. 感激

grat 令人高兴的;高雅 + itude 表状态 →〔别人做了〕令人高兴的事情 → 感激

gratuitous adj. 无缘无故的;免费的

来自gratuity“赠品”,赠品自然是免费的

gratuity n. 赏钱;赠品

grat 令人高兴的;高雅 + uity → 因高兴才给〔的东西〕→ 赏钱

ingrate n. 忘恩负义之人

in 不 + grat 令人高兴的;高雅 + e → 不高尚之人 → 忘恩负义之人

ingratiate v. 迎合,讨好

in 使… + grat 令人高兴的;高雅 + iate 做 → 使高兴 → 讨好

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相关例句:

The former was an orphan who was upright, outspoken, hated evil like an enemy and longed for individual equality, and especially never trig to ingratiate herself with her master, then died tragically.

一个是无家孤女,刚烈率真,疾恶如仇,向往平等,从不献媚于主子,到死都没有改变问罪于天的姿态;

The argumentative results in a loss of the diversification of spiritual beliefs and a further strengthening on duality-combating thinking mode, as a result, intellectuals ingratiate the mainstream, and gradually abandon their didacticism merits and stands.

讨论促使了思想信仰多元化空间的丧失,二元对立的战争思维模式进一步被强化,知识分子对主流意识形态的迎合过程也是他们逐步放弃启蒙主义价值立场的过程。

He tried to ingratiate himself with the manager.

他想讨好儿经理。

He had sent it to ingratiate himself and to get intelligence.

他送这些炸药过去是为了讨好利比亚政权从而获取情报。

I used to be upset by these attempts to ingratiate.

我以前常常对这样的“讨好”感到厌烦。

He tried to ingratiate himself with his girl friend.

他设法取悦于他的女朋友。