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
- We knocked off work a little earlier toady because of the bad weather.
由于天气不好，今天我们早一点停止了工作。 - 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。 - They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
她们随后来到后台，对他娇语谄媚。 - 'Cheer up, Toady,' said the Badger, 'because now I'm going to tell you a very great secret.'
振作起来，阿癞，獾说，因为我将告诉你一个非常重大的秘密。 - 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。 - 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。 - Which part of me is toady?
狗就狗，有什么所谓？ - He disdains to toady to his boss.
他不屑拍老板马屁。 - Toady is not yesterday, they need to find a new way to live instead of normal ways.
拍马屁是不是昨天，他们需要找到一种新的方式生活，而非正常的途径。 - I caught a rabbit in the trap toady.
我今天用陷阱捕获了一只野兔。