blandishment

suomi-englanti sanakirja

blandishment englannista suomeksi

1. imartelu

2. maanittelu

0. Substantiivi

blandishment englanniksi

1. ''Often in the plural form'' blandishments: a flattering speech or action designed to influence or persuade.

(synonyms)

2. (quote-book)|year=1755|section=book 6|lines=600–604|pages=376–377|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=ChlEAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA377|volume=II|passage=Thus Her with Indignation frowning, ſtern, / With Tears, and Blandiſhments ''Æneas'' ſooth’d : / She bends here Eyes averſe upon the Ground ; / And by his Speech begun is mov’d no more, / Than a hard Flint, or fix’d ''Marpeſian'' Rock.

3. (quote-book)

4. Something alluring or attractive.

5. (quote-journal)|title=The Intellectuals and Socialism|journal=(w)|publisher=(w)|location=(w)|volume=16|number=3|doi=10.2307/1597903|page=432|passage=We need intellectual leaders who are prepared to resist the blandishments of power and influence and who are willing to work for an ideal, however small may be the prospects of its early realization.

6. Allurement, attraction.