His voice was deceptively smooth, almost silky, but she did not notice.

他的气很圆滑，甚至有讨好的意，可是她不在意。

I think also being a police officer requires you to get your hands a bit more dirty; maybe use physical force to restrain criminals, maybe be faced with very difficult situations as well.

还有，我认为当警察会要求你干一些费力不讨好的工作，也许用身体力量压制罪犯，也许还会面对非常困难的处境。

Here are 5 Signs You Are A People Pleaser.

这里有五点可以看出你是不是爱讨好他人的人。

I work so hard and it's a thankless job.

我工作很努力，这是一份吃力不讨好的工作。

He flattered her with flowers and expensive gifts.

他用花和昂贵的礼物讨好她。

It's a lot of hard work, not being yourself.

不做自己，是件费力不讨好的事。

Why would Mr Modi's government fiddle the figures to flatter its hated predecessor?

莫迪政府为何要篡改数据，以讨好其令人憎恨的前任？

Even in normal times, the job is among the most thankless in government.

因为即便是正常情况下，这份工作也是政府里最吃力不讨好的工作之一。

Biden also traveled to a senior center in Florida this week to court older Americans.

拜登本周还前往佛罗里达州的一个高级中心，讨好年龄较大的美国人。

It becomes the focus of rituals to appease the possibly angry gods.

它成了来讨好可能是生气的神的各种仪式的聚焦点。

Tom made an effort to please his girlfriend.

汤姆努力要讨好他的女友。

No matter how hard you try, you can't win over.

也没法讨好的丈母娘。

It means difficult and sometimes exasperating work to try to improve and evolve products.

这是一项困难而且出力不讨好的工作去尝试着改善和发展产品。

And these judges were exactly the people that the Tang elite wanted to impress.

因此是庙朝的权资想要讨好的对象。

I stared at the Nautilus's commander with an air anything but flattering to the man.

我两眼盯着诺第留斯号的船长、一点没有露出讨好他的神气。

And then I tried to impress the foodies by ordering Indian for lunch.

然后我试着讨好公司里的美食粉，所以点了印度菜当午餐。

I'd abandoned everything I believed to please a worthless man.

我舍弃了所有的信仰去讨好一个不值得的人。

This is probably meant to flatter the bank's customers as gritty and hard working.

这可能是在讨好自己的客户，暗指他们都是坚韧不拔，工作勤奋。

In the middle of a business trip, nothing can seem more enticing than the solitary silence of a hotel room, with no clients to amuse or placate in sight.

在出差过程中，没有什么比在独自一人待在安静的酒店房间里更吸引人了，那里没有你需要讨好或安抚的客户。

Instead, I hated him for the influence he had over my dear mother, who wanted to be kind to me, but also wanted to please her new husband.

然而，我恨他给我亲爱的母亲施加压力，她总想好好待我，可还得讨好她的新丈夫。