sycophantic

美 [,sɪkə'fæntɪk]
  • adj. 说奉承话的;阿谀的

英文词源


sycophantic (adj.)
1670s, from Greek sykophantikos, from sykophantes (see sycophant). Related: Sycophantical (1560s).

双语例句


1. We heard the sound of sycophantic laughter.
我们听到了谄媚的笑声。

来自柯林斯例句

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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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.

来自辞典例句

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.

来自互联网

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.

来自互联网

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