sycophant
n. 諂媚者,拍馬屁者
A sycophant is a person who behaves in a sycophantic way.
...a dictator surrounded by sycophants, frightened to tell him what he may not like.
被一群不敢諫言的佞臣簇擁的獨裁者
1. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
She was all over him at the office party. what a sycophant!
辦公室聚會的時候,他對她大鮮殷勤, 好個馬屁精!
But I'll be damned if I'll be blocked by some sycophant in the White House.
但我可能被那些白宮裡的馬屁精所詛咒.
A sycophant flatterer is neither a guru or a preacher.
一個諂媚者既非古茹也不是傳教士.
Bestowing favor on a dubious sycophant often lead to the downfall of dynasties.
寵用奸佞是歷代王朝亡國的重要原因.