单词 |
sycophant |
释义 |
syc·o·phant /ˈsɪkəfənt/ noun [countable] formalPERSUADE someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them – used to show disapproval 阿谀奉承者,谄媚者,拍马屁者〔含贬义〕 a dictator surrounded by sycophants 被阿谀奉承者包围的独裁者Examples from the Corpussycophant• My father was just a blatant sycophant.• It takes little effort to imagine how he is treated by sycophants and opportunists.• He would not be a fawning sycophant.• We have frightened them and made nodding sycophants of them, and now we wish them to fight with style and courage.• As a result, at least off the track and in business, he had about him only sycophants.• Reese's mistake was to surround himself with sycophants.Origin sycophant (1500-1600) Latin sycophanta “someone who tells about the bad actions of another, flatterer”, from Greek sykophantes, from sykon “fig” + phainein “to show”syc·o·phant nounChineseSyllable praises someone who too powerful people Corpus |
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