A compliment is a statement of an agreeable truth; flattery is a statement of an agreeable untruth.
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n. 恭維;敬意;道賀，賀詞;致意;
vt. 向…道賀;稱贊;向…致意;
?? com全部+pli滿，填滿+ment名詞后綴→[讓人]+分滿足→恭維[別人]
"The manager paid her a compliment on her work."
經理贊揚了她的工作.
近義：laud, praise, joy, congratulate, eulogize, extol
反義：attack, recuse, reproach, batter, hammer, censure
n. 聲明;（思想、觀點、文章主題等的）表現;（文字）陳述;結算單;
vi. （英國）對兒童進行特殊教育評估認定;
vt. 申請（小孩）有特殊教育需要;
?? state陳述+ment表名詞→站著說話→聲明立場
"His statement was seen as an allusion to the recent drug-related killings."
他的聲明被視為暗指最近與毒品有關的多起兇殺案。
近義：assertion, asseveration, manifestation, manifesto, attestation, averment
adj. 令人愉快的，愜意的;有禮貌的;同意的，接受的;適合的，一致的;
?? agree同意+able形容詞后綴→愉快的；適意的
"We spent a most agreeable day together."
我們在一起度過了非常愉快的一天。
近義：likeable, assenting, nice, personable, pleasant, pleasing
反義：antipathetic, ingrate, loathsome, offensive, rough, surly
n. 真理;真相，事實;忠實，忠誠;現實，現實性;
?? tru相信，真實+th抽象名詞 →事實，真理
"He adjured them to tell the truth."
他要求他們講真話。
近義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness
反義：hypocrisy, imposture, meretriciousness, phoniness, spuriousness, truthlessness
n. 諂媚, 阿諛, 巴結
近義：praise, blandishment, blandishments, adulation, obsequiousness, servility
反義：homeliness, honesty, naivete, openheartedness, openness, outrightness
n. 不真實, 虛假, 謊言
近義：lie, ruse, story, fib
反義：honesty, reality, reliability, sooth, substantiality, truthfulness