Flattery brings friends, but the truth begets enmity.
奉承惹人喜，直言招人仇。
英文谚语 3120 句（一） 第 89 部分

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

truth [trʊθ] 词频1
n. 真理;真相，事实;忠实，忠诚;现实，现实性;
💡 tru相信，真实+th抽象名词 →事实，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他们讲真话。
近义：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness 反义：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
flattery [['flætəri]] 词频4
n. 谄媚, 阿谀, 巴结
近义：praise, blandishment, blandishments, adulation, obsequiousness, servility 反义：homeliness, honesty, naivete, openheartedness, openness, outrightness
enmity ['enmiti] 词频5 词根: 喜爱
n. 仇恨;敌意;敌视;敌对的状态;
"the traditional problem of the enmity between Protestants and Catholics"
新教徒和天主教徒之间历来仇视的问题
近义：antipathy, hostility, loathing, malice, opposition, aversion 反义：togetherness, unity, bonhomie, fraternizing, camaraderie, comradeliness
brings [[briŋz]]
v. 带来；使发生（bring的三单形式）
friends
n. 老友记（剧集）
近义：pals

📚 更多「英文谚语 3120 句（一）」例句

A cat may look at a king.
猫也有权晋见国王。
A wonder lasts but nine days.
新鲜事儿不久长。
Art is long, but lift is short.
人生有涯，而学无涯。
Death pay all debts.
一死了百债。
Feed a cold and starve a fever.
伤风时宜吃，发热时宜饿。
He alone is happy who commands his passions.
只有控制感情的人，才会幸福。