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词根:sycophant
adj.sycophant 奉承的;拍马的
n.sycophant 谄媚者;奉承者
sycophancy 谄媚;奉承;追随;拍马屁
1670年代,源自希腊语 sykophantikos,来自 sykophantes(参见 sycophant)。相关词汇: Sycophantical(1560年代)。
The first known use of sycophantic was in 1676
1 “That sounds good, sir,” said Ernie sycophantically, rubbing his hands together.
2 We heard the sound of sycophantic laughter.
我们听到了谄媚的笑声。
3 And the loud claims of patriotism asserted by the clownish Greene and Gaetz do not hide the fact that they are sycophantic apologists for an enemy of America.
4 Still, some Chinese elites have noted the degree to which Western intelligence agencies have managed to penetrate Putin’s regime, the ease with which Russia was severed from the global financial system, and the ways that a despot in a sycophantic echo chamber can miscalculate in shattering fashion.
5 With her sycophantic minions, Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika), Regina begins to teach Cady the ways of the Plastics.
6 Once upon a time—fairly recently, in fact—Molly would’ve gagged over these words, both because they’re blatantly sycophantic and cringingly sentimental.
7 Anyone who is not a German wants the Germans dead, even the most sycophantic of them.
8 Did these people know that such sycophantic behavior would make a scythe want to glean them even more?
9 So how are you going to build relationships that aren’t sycophantic or entirely adversarial?
10 Canute did not think he could control the tides; he took the sycophantic suggestion that he might and turned it into an opportunity for instruction.
克努特并不认为他可以控制潮汐,他接受了那个谄媚的建议将它作为一个提供启示的机会。
11 She constantly regaled those around her in French or English, while everyone nodded somewhat sycophantically.
12 There’s a sycophantic assistant who’s a mincing cliché, and the white owner of a Japanese restaurant who speaks in broken English.
13 He died of natural causes at his dacha outside Moscow, surrounded by his fearful and sycophantic court.
14 In the studio he’s enthusiastic but calm, direct and not sycophantic.
15 He said something and the others laughed a little too heartily for it to be anything but sycophantic.
16 The Lady was founded 125 years ago and for many years was the organ to go to for advice on hem lengths, sycophantic coverage of the royal family and articles about the history of cucumbers.
17 On the other side of the exchanges, Musk’s friends came across in some cases as sycophantic, careless or both.
18 He wrote a letter to the then Imperial Mathematician, Reimarus Ursus, seeking his opinion on his own work, and sycophantically praising Ursus as the greatest mathematician of all time.
19 The rhetoric surrounding robotic and autonomous weapon systems is remarkably similar to that of Silicon Valley, where charismatic CEOs, technology gurus, and sycophantic pundits have relentlessly hyped artificial intelligence.
20 Comedy Central bills the pilot and 10-episode series as taking on "teams, players, leagues, sycophantic fans, ridiculous products and over-hyped coverage."
1 阿谀奉承的
3 阿谀奉承
5 阿谀
buttery candied adulatory oleaginous morigeration adulation subservience palaver sycophancy birdlime butter flatter jolly soft-soap brownnose
6 阿谀的
7 逢迎的
8 谄媚
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9 谄媚的
toadyish gnathonic kiss-ass smooth greasy flattering buttery slimy courtly ingratiating oily servile fulsome unctuous obsequious sycophant sycophantish
10 中伤
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