[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
(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
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