Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Pander"

A: It means to appeal to some specific group of people. You’ll usually hear it when talking about advertising, or films and other media. It also is usually used in a negative way.

A: “To pander one’s ______” is to exploit whatever the person is talking about. Here it is “lust,” so the person is appealing to or exploiting someone else’s interest in them. Maybe lol (this isn’t a commonly used phrase)

A: Pandering is doing what you think someone wants you to do or say, because you want to please them, especially if the thing you are doing is illegal, immoral or distasteful.
"When the Mayor promises to clean up crime in her city, she is just pandering to the voters. She has no intentions of doing anything."
"His advisors told him to support the workers, but he was just pandering to weaken the union leaders."

A: indulge in religion
拥抱宗教

A: "Pander" means to say things to make other people like you more.

A: pander (verb): to gratify or indulge (an immoral or distasteful desire, need, or habit or a person with such a desire, etc.).


"His sales presentation was only pandering to the audience."

"Newspapers pander to our 'fear of missing out', also known as F.O.M.O."

"Whenever the man seemed guilty, he began pandering to the judge with how powerful she was."

A: Meaning - to gratify, indulge or please other people by what you do / say.

- “He pandered to her”
- “She accused the other candidate of pandering to radical environmental groups”
- “He refuses to pander to the latest fashions”
- “Don’t pander to her ambition”
- “Newspapers are pandering to people’s baser instincts”
- “I pander to my upset friend”

A: We do not use "pander" in daily conversation. In the US, we ONLY use pander to talk about politics.

An example of pandering is this:

Your boss loves the color red. You don't like the color red. You want a promotion and you have a meeting with your boss coming up. Before your meeting, you start to wear red, talk about the color red all the time, and you decorate your desk with red items. When you have your meeting with your boss, you talk about the color red before you begin the meeting! Now, your boss thinks you like the color red too!

You are pandering to your boss.

You are pretending to have something in common or share a common opinion with someone because you want them to trust you, like you, or do something for you.

Examples:

Hilary Clinton was pandering to African American voters when she quoted Beyonce on the radio.

A: "I won't pander to your every wish like your old secretary did."
"The politician won votes by pandering to the secret hate of the voters."
"I don't like that filmmaker. He always panders to whatever is popular at the moment."
"He always panders to the rich and powerful, but he won't give me the time of day."

A: Pander has a negative connotation. Cater has a positive one. You want someone to cater to you. You do not want someone to pander to you.

"Pander" feels like someone is changing their behavior because you cannot handle it otherwise.

"Cater" is when someone changes their behavior as a favor to treat you or make something easier.

Examples:

"The children's TV show panders to a younger audience."
"The waitress caters to the VIP table."

A: to pander to= giving someone things to make them happy
subservient to= being like a servant or letting someone order you to do things

A: as in pandering to something/some one?
Comme le panda.
Panda-ing