sycophant

['sikəfənt]

n. 马屁精

词形变化：

形容词: sycophantic | 副词: sycophantically |

n.

1. 谗言者, 诽谤者

2. 拍马者, 谄媚者; 食客

sycophant

词形变化：

形容词: sycophantic | 副词: sycophantically |

词义辨析：

同义参见:

parasite

adherent

satellite

sycophant['sikəfənt; -fænt]n.1.■阿谀者，拍马者2.■谗言者，诽谤者adj.1.■= sycophantic

1. a person who acts obsequiously towards someone in order to gain advantage; a servile flatterer
   拍马屁的人；谄媚者
   

1. mid 16th cent. (denoting an informer): from French sycophante, or via Latin from Greek sukophantēs 'informer', from sukon 'fig' + phainein 'to show'; the association with informing against the illegal exportation of figs from ancient Athens (recorded by Plutarch) is not substantiated
   

sycophant

名词 sycophant:

a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

同义词：toady, crawler, lackey

sycophant

■Joe Doe was the sycophant, the suck-up who told the boss what he wanted to hear and did all his dirty work.

JoeDoe是谄媚者，告诉他想听的话，做他一切肮脏事情的马屁精。

■No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.

不，答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。

■He was not a sycophant in any sense of the word, but a shrewd, cold business man, far shrewder than his brother gave him credit for.

他并不是一个阿谀者，却是一个狡猾冷酷的商人，实在不止雷斯脱替他宣传的那样坏。

■one who lives off and flatters the rich; a sycophant

以奉承富人为生的人；趋炎附势者

■sycophant; toady

佞人

■Carol: Dad, you're being a sycophant.

卡罗尔：你这是在献媚。

■A person who flatters or defers to others for self - serving reasons; a sycophant.

即使有被指奉承之虞,我会说总督已达到他的目的。

■One who lives off and flatters the rich;a sycophant.

奉承逗乐的食客以奉承富人为生的人;趋炎附势者

■One who lives off and flatters the rich; a sycophant.

奉承逗乐的食客以奉承富人为生的人；趋炎附势者

■n.An obsequious follower or dependent;a sycophant.

奴才，马屁精一个奴颜卑膝的献媚者；

■An obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant.

奴才，马屁精一个奴颜卑膝的献媚者；溜须拍马者

■1.[Formal] cunning; crafty and fawning; 2.[Formal] a crafty sycophant

奸佞

■Bestowing favor on a dubious sycophant often lead to the downfall of dynasties.

宠用奸佞是历代王朝亡国的重要原因。

■" , on sycophant leg.

得，又拍马腿上了。

■So how do we take that and turn it around?How do we create a unique value that our bosses are willing to pay for?No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.

所以我们该怎么对待这种情况,怎么扭转局面呢?我们该怎么创造能让我们老板心甘情愿付工资的特殊才能呢?不,答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。

■a bootlicker; a sycophant; a toady

拍马屁者

■have a career, but a world of possibilities among colleagues The jealousy, infighting, power struggles among the leadership, sycophant.

拥有了事业，却看尽了同事之间的嫉妒猜疑，勾心斗角，领导之间的争权夺利，溜须拍马。

■He was specially fond of and trust unduly crafty sycophant.

支持刘歆争立古文经学于学官等。

■Every A-list sycophant in American used to show up there in the early 1990s, back when it wasn't embarrassing to admit that you were a friend of Bill Clinton.

美国所有在A级名单里的马屁虫都在上世纪90年代去过那里，等到能够光明正大地承认自己是克林顿的朋友的时候就返回来。

■A person who flatters or defers to others for self - serving reasons;a sycophant.

谄媚者出于私利而吹捧或尊敬他人的人;拍马者

■A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant.

谄媚者出于私利而吹捧或尊敬他人的人；拍马者

■He shucked dignity, closed his eyes to principles, was alternately sycophant, stout leader, wheedling trimmer and belligerent hell-roarer.

这些方法最终起作用了。

■It's a constant mix off backbiting and sycophant behavior at work where hope and despair go hand in hand.

这就是我们这些普通人，尤其是工薪族的日常生活。

■A sycophant; a parasite.

钻营拍马的人；食客

■I have met great teachers whom I admire enormously and although I may be a doomed sycophant, I pray I will continue to enjoy the company of these teachers.

除非金刚弟子实在难以认识到内、密两种明妃，在这种情况下，才必须依赖外空行（或实体明妃）。

■Maggie: Carol, would you please tell me what a sycophant is.

麦琪：卡罗尔，献媚这个词是什么意思？