toadying

美 [?to?di] 　英 [?t??di]

• n.諂媚者；馬屁精
• v.奉承；拍馬；諂媚
• 網(wǎng)絡(luò)拍馬屁

詞形變化

復(fù)數(shù)：toadies  現(xiàn)在分詞：toadying  過去式：toadied  

同義詞

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

n.	1. 拍馬屁的人
v.	1. (toadied) 奉承,拍馬屁

英英解釋

n.	1. someone who pretends to like a rich or important person in order to get some advantage from them
v.	1. to pretend to like a rich or important person in order to get some advantage from them

例句

The former servant made his way into power by toadying to the king.

這位當(dāng)年的仆人通過向國王諂媚而掌上了權(quán)。

Although he needs money badly, he says that toadying to his rich brother is the very last thing he would do.

他說，雖然急需錢，他也決不會去巴結(jié)他那有錢的兄弟。

Some see this move as yet more evidence of ministers toadying to Mr Murdoch, others as a sensible precaution on Mr Hunt's part.

一些人視此行為為部長們更加明顯的討好Murdoch先生，另外一些人看作是Hunt先生這邊謹(jǐn)慎的預(yù)防。

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。

Of course this is model that David Cameron and his coalition cronies are keen to emulate, hence their toadying trip to China.

當(dāng)然卡梅倫和他的親信聯(lián)盟熱衷于模仿這種模式，因此才有他們諂媚的中國之行。