toady
- n. <贬>马屁精，谄媚者
- v. <贬>拍马屁，谄媚（常与 to 连用）
[ 复数 toadies 第三人称单数 toadies 现在分词 toadying 过去式 toadied 过去分词 toadied ]
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toady /ˈtəʊdɪ/ ( toadying, toadied, toadies )
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N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are nice to an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. 马屁精 [表不满]
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V-I If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant toward that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them. 拍马屁 [表不满]
例：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。
双语例句原声例句
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Smile comes from the heart, neither humble nor pushy, neither a fool to the weak nor a toady to the strong.
微笑发自内心，不卑不亢，既不是对弱者的愚弄，也不是对强者的奉承。
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I disdain to toady to everybody.
我不屑拍任何人的马屁。
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Don't toady to or be obsequious to rich or powerful people.
不谄媚奉承有钱或权势的人。
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And a few seconds later, he says "Mr. Bernstein, you don't expect me to keep my promises, do you?" And Berstein laughs like the little toady that he is and says, "Oh, yes!"
几秒之后他说,伯恩斯丁先生，你不希望我,恪守承诺吧，不是么,伯恩斯丁笑了“
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