Despite the manager's blandishments, he still turned down the promotion offer.

blandishments 是名词，来自动词 blandish（奉承、讨好）加上名词后缀 -ment。blandish 本身由拉丁词根 bland-（温和、讨好）和动词后缀 -ish 组成。blandishments 指"甜言蜜语、奉承话"，通常是为了说服或讨好某人而说的讨好话语。