smarmy

英 [ˈsmɑːmi] 美 [ˈsmɑːrmi]

adj.  过分殷勤的; 谄媚的

GRE

BNC.38447 / COCA.29174



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 过分殷勤的;谄媚的
    too polite in a way that is not sincere
    1. a smarmy salesman
      逢迎讨好的推销员

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 讨好的;拍马屁的;虚情假意的
    If you describe someone as smarmy, you dislike them because they are unpleasantly polite and flattering, usually because they want you to like them or to do something for them.
    1. Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.
      里克有些好奉承,急着要给人留下好印象。

双语例句

  1. Rick is slightly smarmy and eager to impress.
    里克有些好奉承,急着要给人留下好印象。
  2. Trying to be friendly just makes you look smarmy.
    尝试显得友好只会显得你很谄媚。
  3. Meanwhile, the smarmy newspaper editor is almost unwatchable in his eagerness to harness the growing bigotry.
    与此同时,阿谀逢迎的报纸编辑极力压制越来越强劲的偏执行为,其作为简直不堪入目。
  4. He has a smarmy charm that some women find irresistible.
    他有一种迎合他人的魅力,使一些女子觉得无法抗拒。
  5. She was trying to be friendly, but she just seemed smarmy and insincere.
    她想显得友好,但只让人觉得巴结和不真诚。

英英释义

adj

  1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
    1. buttery praise
    2. gave him a fulsome introduction
    3. an oily sycophantic press agent
    4. oleaginous hypocrisy
    5. smarmy self-importance
    6. the unctuous Uriah Heep
    7. soapy compliments

    Synonym:    butteryfulsomeoilyoleaginoussoapyunctuous