toadying
基本解释
- n.谄媚者；拍马屁的人
- v.谄媚；拍马屁
英汉例句
- He toadied to his boss for promotion.
他为升职向老板献殷勤。 - 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。
英英字典
- a lot of praise and artificially pleasant behaviour towards someone in authority, in an effort to get some advantage
- full of praise or artificially pleasant to someone in authority, in an effort to get some advantage