SUIT/LOOK GOOD TOGETHERclothes, pictures etc that are flattering make someone look as attractive as they can or make something as good as possible, even if it is not really very good 〔衣服、照片等〕使人显得更漂亮的
That colour is very flattering.
那种颜色很衬人。
Examples from the Corpus
flattering• She wore a plain black dress, quite simple but very flattering.• The recorded sound is slightly close and not always as flattering as it might be.• High-heeled shoes are flattering but not very comfortable.• It's not a very flatteringphotograph, is it?• Her quickresponse made him feel more quick, as if in some flattering way she was complimenting him.• Goneril and Regan bear their father only flattering words, and lust for their own power.
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be使人優點突出▸➤find sth發現⋯使人更漂亮ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.使人優點極為/相當/非常突出▸➤hardly, less than並不怎麼使人漂亮◇The descriptions of her were less than flattering.對她的描述可把她說得不怎麼樣。PREPOSITION➤to對⋯來說使人更漂亮◇This style of dress is flattering to most women.這種款式的裙子大多數婦女穿上都更顯漂亮。