toady
英 [ˈtəʊdi]
美 [ˈtoʊdi]
n. 谄媚者; 马屁精
v. 拍马; 奉承; 谄媚
现在分词：toadying 复数：toadies 过去分词：toadied 过去式：toadied 第三人称单数：toadies
BNC.40805 / COCA.33119
同义词辨析
flatterbutter upsuck uptoady【导航词义：奉承】
flatterv. 奉承，讨好
〔辨析〕
指为了取悦某人或得到好处而赞扬某人，常含言不由衷之意。
〔例证〕
It is obvious that he is just flattering Susan.
很明显，他只不过是在奉承苏珊。
You can flatter him by complimenting him on his dancing.
称赞他的舞蹈就能讨好他。
很明显，他只不过是在奉承苏珊。
You can flatter him by complimenting him on his dancing.
称赞他的舞蹈就能讨好他。
butter upphr. v. 〈非正式〉奉承，讨好
〔辨析〕
指为了让别人帮自己做事而对其说好话。
〔例证〕
It is no use buttering me up because I can do nothing to help you.
奉承我没用，我帮不了你什么忙。
You can butter him up easily.
他很容易讨好。
奉承我没用，我帮不了你什么忙。
You can butter him up easily.
他很容易讨好。
suck upphr. v. 〈贬，非正式〉奉承，巴结
〔辨析〕
指为了得到好处而取悦当权者，对其说很多好话或帮其做事，常后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
He always sucks up to his manager.
他总是拍经理的马屁。
She keeps sucking up to the teacher.
她不停地巴结教师。
他总是拍经理的马屁。
She keeps sucking up to the teacher.
她不停地巴结教师。
toadyv. 〈贬〉谄媚，奉承
〔辨析〕
指为了能得到帮助而为有权势的人做事或假装对其欣赏、尊敬、友善等，常后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
He is the only one that gets the bonus because he is always toadying to his boss.
他是唯一一个得到奖金的人，因为他总是拍老板的马屁。
They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.
他们随后来到后台，对他奉承了一番。
他是唯一一个得到奖金的人，因为他总是拍老板的马屁。
They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.
他们随后来到后台，对他奉承了一番。
牛津词典
noun
- 谄媚者；马屁精
a person who treats sb more important with special kindness or respect in order to gain their favour or help
verb
- 拍马；奉承；谄媚
to treat sb more important with special kindness or respect in order to gain their favour or help
柯林斯词典
- 谄媚者;马屁精
If you refer to someone as atoady, 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. - VERB 奉承;谄媚;拍马
If you say that someoneis toadying toan 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。
- They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
英英释义
noun
- a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
双语例句
- They work as drivers or nannies, or blend into a businessman's coterie looking like a secretary, a briefcase carrier or a toady.
他们的工作看似司机、保姆，或者以秘书，、拎公文包者、拍马屁者的形象出现在商务圈里。 - I caught a rabbit in the trap toady.
我今天用陷阱捕获了一只野兔。 - Arrogance has no defense against a toady.
傲慢防不了谄媚者。 - Smile comes from the heart, neither humble nor pushy, neither a fool to the weak nor a toady to the strong.
微笑发自内心，不卑不亢，既不是对弱者的愚弄，也不是对强者的奉承。 - It depends on how toady you are if you want to go to england.
什么时候去英国，就要看你够不够狗了。 - Don't toady to or be obsequious to rich or powerful people.
不谄媚奉承有钱或权势的人。 - Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, but toady is a gift, that is why it is called the present.
昨日如过眼云烟，明日遥不可知，但是今日是上天赐给的礼物，所以才要把握当下。 - He is a real toady.
这家伙真会溜须。 - The craft of thatching as it is practiced toady has changed very little since the Middle Ages.
像现在我们所使用的茅草屋顶工艺从中世纪以来几乎就没有什么变化。 - The young people of toady are in reality foundations of structures yet to be built.
今天的年轻人是待塑造建构的现实根基。