sycophant

noun

1. 阿谀奉承的人；谄媚者；拍马者
   a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get sth from them

1. N-COUNT 阿谀奉承的人;谄媚者;马屁精
   A sycophant is a person who behaves in a sycophantic way.
   1. ...a dictator surrounded by sycophants, frightened to tell him what he may not like.
      被一群不敢谏言的佞臣簇拥的独裁者

1. So how do we take that and turn it around? How do we create a unique value that our bosses are willing to pay for? No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.
   所以我们该怎么对待这种情况，怎么扭转局面呢？我们该怎么创造能让我们老板心甘情愿付工资的特殊才能呢？不，答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。
2. Ross: All right, so I don't know what sycophant means, but the rest is right.
   那我不知道“拍马屁”的意思，但余下的是对的。
3. A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant. in an unctuous voice
   谄媚者出于私利而吹捧或尊敬他人的人；拍马者用谄媚[柔媚]的声音
4. He expects sycophant devotion from his staff.
   他希望自己的员工一心一意效忠于他。
5. No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.
   不，答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。
6. He's a coward, a traitor, and a sycophant.
   他是胆小鬼、叛徒和马屁精。
7. Maggie: Carol, would you please tell me what a sycophant is.
   麦琪：卡罗尔，献媚这个词是什么意思？
8. This is a modern form of'changes from guest to host ', I wonder whether those sycophant and bootlicking government officials realize this.
   这是一种现代反客为主术，不知那些宠幸拍马逢迎者的官员们是否想到了这一层。

noun

1. a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage

   Synonym:    toadycrawlerlackeyass-kisser