sycophantic
英 [ˌsɪk.əˈfæn.tɪk]
美 [ˌsɪk.əˈfæn.tɪk]
- adj. 说奉承话的；阿谀的
英语词源
- sycophantic (adj.)
- 1670s, from Greek sykophantikos, from sykophantes (see sycophant). Related: Sycophantical (1560s).
权威例句
- 1. We heard the sound of sycophantic laughter.
- 我们听到了谄媚的笑声。
- 2. A large praetorian bureaucracy filled with ambitious and often sycophantic people makes work and makes trouble.
- 充满野心勃勃、阿谀谄媚之人的庞大、腐败的官僚机构,既搞工作也搞麻烦.
- 3. The trusty had a silly, sycophantic manner of raising one hand in salute.
- 这个好囚犯用一种愚蠢的, 拍马的态度举起一只手行礼.
- 4. And those old favorites, your friends and mine: sycophantic , phlegmatic , and, of course, top of the bill - pusillanimous.
- 而那些过去最受宠的人 —— 你我共同的朋友们,其中有拍马屁的, 冷漠的: 当然, 最招人注意的还有那些胆小怕事的.
- 5. Qinhui was a notorious sycophantic official in the Song dynasty, and was spurned by later generations.
- 秦桧是宋代著名的佞臣, 受尽后人的唾骂.