toadying
v. 拍马,谄媚( toady的现在分词 )
If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant towards that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
她们随后来到后台,对他娇语谄媚。
He objected to the toadying to aristocracy.
他反对对于贵族阶级的奉承.
Her generosity encouraged toadying among her neighbours.
她的慷慨好施鼓励了她邻居们的谄媚奉承.
The former servant made his way into power by toadying to the king.
这位当年的仆人通过向国王谄媚而掌上了权.