blandishments

noun
🔊/ˈblændɪʃmənts/
🔊/ˈblændɪʃmənts/
[plural] (formal)
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  1. pleasant things that you say to somebody or do for them to try to persuade them to do something(因有所求而)说的好话(或做的好事),讨人欢心
    • He refused to be moved by either threats or blandishments.他拒绝因威胁或野蛮而感动。
    Topics Discussion and agreementc2
    Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French blandiss-, lengthened stem of blandir, from Latin blandiri, from blandus ‘soft, smooth’ + -ment.