Pander

pander







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n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    拉皮條;老鴇;慫恿者;迎合者[C]

                      Panders were warned or arrested in the anti-prostitution campaign.

                      在打擊賣淫的運動中,老鴇們有的受到警告,有的被逮捕了。



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    勾引;拉皮條;慫恿;迎合[(+to)]

                      This magazine is criticized for pandering to the vulgar taste of some 

                      readers.

                      這家雜誌因迎合某些讀者的低級趣味而遭到批評。



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

          1.    【古】為...拉皮條





The Columbia Guide to Standard American English



pander (n., v.), panderer (n.)   

 

Pander is a noun made by functional shift from the verb pander, meaning“to procure, to pimp for, or to assist in satisfying the sexual or other ignoble desires of another person.”



Panderer is a word built by the addition of the agentive ending -er to the verb. The noun pander has been around much, much longer than its synonym, panderer, but both are Standard.