Humouring

• They were weary, besides, of humouring the people, and of depending upon their caprice for a subsistence. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• To reason with her,' pursued Bradley, half humouring what was present, and half angry with what was not present; 'for her own sake. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Not that I like humouring Moore; but whatever I do I'll be paid for, and in coin of my own choosing. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• It's more my fault than yours, for humouring her whims, and letting her be alone in such a place as this. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• And so you would be rid of him,' said Lizzie, humouring her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Not exactly that, either, replies Mrs. Chadband, humouring the joke with a hard-favoured smile. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• She lived so close by that we had not time to have done humouring her for a few moments before she was at home. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Oblige me--you have been so very good in humouring my poor nerves--oblige me by lifting up a corner of the blind. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

校对:奥菲莉娅