compliment Idioma
fish for a compliment
left-handed compliment
pay a compliment
return the compliment
Mary said：“I love your new hairdo．” and Julie returned the compliment with“what a pretty dress you're wearing，Mary．”玛丽说：“我喜欢你的新发型。”朱丽回答说：“玛丽，你穿的衣服好漂亮啊。”
2． Pay sb． back回报；报复
Henry hit Jerry on the head，and Jerry returned the compliment．亨利打了杰里头上一拳，杰里也对亨利报以一拳。
revenge oneself（up）on…（for）get even with…for为…而向…报仇
Hamlet revenged himself on his uncle，for his father's death．哈姆雷特向叔父报了杀父之仇。
He is sure to revenge himself on anyone who dares to bully or insult him．对胆敢欺负和侮辱他的人，他是一定要报复的。
pay sb a compliment
Idiom(s): pay sb a complimentTheme: COMPLIMENT
to compliment someone.
• Sally thanked me for paying her a compliment.
• When Tom did his job well, I paid him a compliment.
pay sb a back-handed compliment
Idiom(s): pay someone a back-handed compliment AND pay someone a left-handed complimentTheme: COMPLIMENT
to give someone a false compliment that is really an insult.
• John said that he had never seen me looking better. I think he was paying me a left-handed compliment.
• I'd prefer that someone insulted me directly. I hate it when someone pays me a back-handed compliment—unless it's a joke.
return one's compliment
Idiom(s): return the compliment AND return someone's complimentTheme: RECIPROCITY
to pay a compliment to someone who has paid you a compliment.
• Mary told me that my hair looked nice, so I returned her compliment and told her that her hair was lovely.
• When someone says something nice, it is polite to return the compliment.
pay sb a left-handed compliment
Idiom(s): pay someone a back-handed compliment AND pay someone a left-handed complimentTheme: COMPLIMENT
to give someone a false compliment that is really an insult.
• John said that he had never seen me looking better. I think he was paying me a left-handed compliment.
• I'd prefer that someone insulted me directly. I hate it when someone pays me a back-handed compliment—unless it's a joke.
backhanded compliment|backhanded|compliment
n. phr. A remark that sounds like a compliment but is said sarcastically. "Not had for a girl" the coach said, offering a backhanded compliment.fish for a compliment|compliment|compliments|fish|
v, phr. To try to make someone pay a compliment. When Jim showed me his new car, I could tell that he was fishing for a compliment.left-handed compliment|compliment|hand|handed|left
An ambiguous compliment which is interpretable as an offense. I didn't know you could look so pretty! Is that a wig you're wearing?return the compliment|compliment|return
v. phr. To say or do the same to someone that he has said or done to you; pay someone back. Mary said, "I love your new hairdo" and Suzy returned the compliment with "What a pretty dress you're wearing, Mary." John punched Jerry in the nose, and Jerry returned the compliment.compliment
complimentsee left-handed compliment; pay a compliment; return the compliment.
English Vocalbulary
as a duty
as a joke
as a lamb led to slaughter
as a lesson for all to see
as a link
as a matter of course
as a matter of fact
as a result
as a result of
as a rule
as a token of
as a whole
as aforesaid
as always
as an earnest of
as an exception
as an explanation
as an illustration
compliment の反対語 praise の反対語 complimentの反対 complimentary 反対語 compliment 反対語 complimentary 同義語 compliment 同義語 complimentary 反対語 từ đồng nghiã trái nghiã của compliment sinonim dari compliments
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