attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
attempting to win favor by flattery
双语例句
1. Nauseatingly fawning journalism that's all it is.
那只不过是以令人作呕的溜须拍马为能事的新闻报道。
来自柯林斯例句
2. The servant worn a fawning smile.
仆人的脸上露出一种谄笑.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
3. Then , what submission , what cringing and fawning , what servility, what abject humiliation!
好一个低眉垂首、阿谀逢迎、胁肩谄笑 、 卑躬屈膝的场面!
来自英汉文学 - 双城记
4. Now, with the old man fawning on her, she puts on airs.
现在呢, 因为“老东西”——这是秀才的妻叫秀才的名字——趋奉了她, 就装着娇滴滴的样子了.
来自汉英文学 - 中国现代小说
5. The tone was typical Chandler - half fawning, half insolent.
这是十足的钱德勒的口气 -- 又是阿谀奉承, 又是傲慢无理.
来自辞典例句
用作形容词 (adj.)
Fawning indulgence may be called for in one situation while weeks later, the grim austerity that's part of impassivity is the requisite persona. 在某种情况下，可能被称为奉承的宽容，几周以后，态度转变了，那么作为冷漠谈判风格一部分的那种冷酷无情的严厉也是一种必不可少的角色。
