核心词议：
vt. 击败，摧毁；使……平坦
vi. 变平；变单调
flatten 基本解释
vt.& vi. 变平，使（某物）变平；打倒，击倒；使失去光泽
速记方法
速记技巧 词源记忆法 flat，平的。-en，使。引申词义打倒，摧毁。
知识扩展
短语动词 flatten out （使）变平；弄平 查看更多 以下资源来自牛津词典 flatten sth/yourself against/on sb/sth 使平贴；把…紧贴着 to press sth/your body against sb/sth She flattened her nose against the window and looked in. 她把鼻子紧贴着窗户朝里瞧。 Greg flattened himself against the wall to let me pass. 格雷格身体紧靠着墙让我通过。 flatten out 1 逐渐变平 to gradually become completely flat The hills first rose steeply then flattened out towards the sea. 山峦起初拔地而起，然后逐渐平坦，伸向大海。 2 停止生长；不再长高；停止上升 to stop growing or going up Export growth has started to flatten out. 出口增长已逐渐缓了下来。 flatten sth↔out 使变平 to make sth completely flat 收起
flatten 变化形式
第三人称单数： flattens
过去式： flattened
过去分词： flattened
现在分词： flattening
过去式： flattened
过去分词： flattened
现在分词： flattening
中文词源： flatten 变平，打倒 flat, 平的。-en, 使。引申词义打倒，摧毁。 flatten
精选例句
1、 The cookies will flatten slightly while cooking.
曲奇烤时会略微变平。
2、 If you leave, for example, a bar of ice supported only at one end, the end, the unsupported end will deform under its own weight, it'll kind of flatten out at one end, get distorted, deformed.
举个例子，如果你把一根只有一端支撑的冰放在一边，没有支撑的一端会在自身的重量下变形，它的一端会变平，变形。
1、 G) This much is clear: we need to find ways that help us flatten the hockey-stick curves that reflect our ever-faster pace of ecological destruction and social acceleration.
有一点是明确的:我们需要找到方法，帮助我们把反映我们日益加速的生态破坏和社会加速的曲棍球棒曲线拉平。
常见考点例句：
- Trying to flatten out a carefully removed , large piece of peel will break the skin .
- 要压平一大片仔细剥下来的橘皮，结果只会弄破它的外皮。
- Remove from fridge and roll into balls , place on tray and slightly flatten with a fork .
- 从冰箱中取出并捏成球状，然后放在托盘上用叉子轻轻地压平。
- But I will not flatten .
- 但我是不会被压扁的。
- It is a good idea to make sure that the model does not hold her arms tightly against the body because this can cause the arms to flatten and widen .
- 比较好的主意是确保你的模特不要和身体靠太紧，因为这样会让手臂压扁和变宽。
- How do you flatten and firm your abs ?
- 你如何扁平化和坚定你的腹肌？
