To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten to tout for flattery.
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n. 劝告,忠告;(商业)通知;建议;(政治,外交上的)报导,报告;
💡 ad使+vic=vis看+e→使别人深思熟虑→劝告意见,劝告,忠告
"advice on road safety"
有关道路安全的建议
近义:pointer, recommendation, rede, suggestion, tip, commendation
tout
[taʊt]
vt.& vi. 兜售;招徕;刺探赛马情报;
n. 侦查者;招揽员;
"It was a lie, tout court."
那只不过是谎言。
近义:importune, canvass, reseller, scalper, scalp
n. 谄媚, 阿谀, 巴结
近义:praise, blandishment, blandishments, adulation, obsequiousness, servility
反义:homeliness, honesty, naivete, openheartedness, openness, outrightness
num. 九;九个;第九;
n. 九,九个;
adj. 九的,九个的;
"They have two children aged six and nine."
他们有两个小孩,一个六岁,一个九岁。