They came backstage afterward, cooing and toadying to him.
然后他们来到后台,对他柔声细语,拍他的马屁。
He is always toadying to the boss.
他老是巴结老板。
Although he needs money badly, he says that toadying to his rich brother is the very last thing he would do.
他说,虽然急需钱,他也决不会去巴结他那有钱的兄弟。
And today sees his name used as a sneering synonym for the N-word-without-attitude toadying to whitey, and Mrs Stowe derided as that worst sort of white, the liberal sort.
而如今,汤姆叔叔的名字变为一种可笑的词,不带种族偏见的白种人会用它来嘲笑别人。斯托女士成了烂好人的代名词,是最没用的那类白人。
And today sees his name used as a sneering synonym for the N-word-without-attitude toadying to whitey, and Mrs Stowe derided as that worst sort of white, the liberal sort.
而如今,汤姆叔叔的名字变为一种可笑的词,不带种族偏见的白种人会用它来嘲笑别人。斯托女士成了烂好人的代名词,是最没用的那类白人。
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