brown-nosing
英 [ˈbraʊn nəʊzɪŋ]
美 [ˈbraʊn noʊzɪŋ]
n. 谄媚; 拍马屁
v. 谄媚; 拍马屁
brown-nose的现在分词
柯林斯词典
- N-UNCOUNT 谄媚；拍马屁
If you accuse someone of brown-nosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.- Brown-nosing the power brokers won't save you.
拍那些政治掮客的马屁也救不了你。
- Brown-nosing the power brokers won't save you.
双语例句
- As one manager put it,... complimenting someone to his face is kind of obvious brown-nosing, or at least suspect.
一位经理这么说，在本人面前拍马屁显然是非常谄媚的，至少是可疑的。 - Were not talking brown-nosing here, but simply paying attention to people can help you build relationships.
我们现在不是在说拍马屁，只是注意身边的人能帮你建立关系。 - Although he is very lazy, bill be still able to get a raise in his salary by brown-nosing the boss.
尽管比尔很懒惰，但他还是通过拍老板马屁而得以提薪。 - Who can tell me why the brown-nosing employee got promoted!
谁能告诉我，为什么那个马屁精竟然升了！ - Maybe your colleagues hate wearing suits and are not brown-nosing at all.
或许你的同事讨厌穿套装，而且根本不是阿谀奉承之辈。