sycophant
n.拍马屁的人,谄媚者,奉承者 adj.拍马的,奉承的
难易程度:
sycophant为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
副词:sycophantically 形容词:sycophantic
近义词, 同义词
sycophant
/'sɪkəfnt; `sɪkəfənt/
n (fml derog 文, 贬) person who tries to gain people's favour by insincerely flattering them and always agreeing with them 谄媚者; 阿谀奉承者.
n (fml derog 文, 贬) person who tries to gain people's favour by insincerely flattering them and always agreeing with them 谄媚者; 阿谀奉承者.
sycophant
n[C]
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: sycophanta 'someone who tells about the bad actions of another, flatterer', from Greek sykophantes, from sykon 'fig' + phainein 'to show']
formal someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them - used in order to show disapproval
a dictator surrounded by sycophants
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin: sycophanta 'someone who tells about the bad actions of another, flatterer', from Greek sykophantes, from sykon 'fig' + phainein 'to show']
formal someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them - used in order to show disapproval
a dictator surrounded by sycophants
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