toadying
v. 拍馬,諂媚( toady的現在分詞 )
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.
她們隨後來到後臺,對他嬌語諂媚。
He objected to the toadying to aristocracy.
他反對對於貴族階級的奉承.
Her generosity encouraged toadying among her neighbours.
她的慷慨好施鼓勵了她鄰居們的諂媚奉承.
The former servant made his way into power by toadying to the king.
這位當年的僕人透過向國王諂媚而掌上了權.