pander

pander
verb
  1. [no obj.](pander to)gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, need, etc.)
    迎合(或纵容)不道德(或可耻)的欲望(或需求、习惯);迎合(或纵容)不道德的人
    newspapers are pandering to people's baser instincts.
    报纸在迎合人们的低级趣味。
noun
  1. (dated)a pimp
    (旧)皮条客
    ■(archaic)a person who assists the baser urges or evil designs of others
    (古)迎合他人卑鄙欲望者;助恶者
    the lowest panders of a venal press.
    为金钱所收买的新闻界最卑鄙的助恶者。
语源
  1. late Middle English (as a noun): from Pandare, the name of a character in Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde (see Pandarus). The verb dates from the early 17th cent
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