toadying

英 [ˈtəʊdiɪŋ]

美 [ˈtoʊdiɪŋ]

v.  拍马; 奉承; 谄媚
toady的现在分词

现在分词：toadying　

柯林斯词典

• 谄媚者;马屁精
  If you refer to someone as atoady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are pleasant towards an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
• VERB 奉承;谄媚;拍马
  If you say that someoneis toadying toan important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant towards that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
  1. They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
     她们随后来到后台，对他娇语谄媚。

双语例句

• He objected to the toadying to aristocracy.
  他反对对于贵族阶级的奉承。
• They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
  她们随后来到后台，对他娇语谄媚。
• Her generosity encouraged toadying among her neighbours.
  她的慷慨好施鼓励了她邻居们的谄媚奉承。
• His promotion is the result of toadying to the boss.
  他是靠巴结老板获提升的。