suck up
英 [sʌk ʌp]
美 [sʌk ʌp]
奉承; 巴结; 拍马屁
同义词辨析
flatterbutter upsuck uptoady【导航词义：奉承】
flatterv. 奉承，讨好
〔辨析〕
指为了取悦某人或得到好处而赞扬某人，常含言不由衷之意。
〔例证〕
It is obvious that he is just flattering Susan.
很明显，他只不过是在奉承苏珊。
You can flatter him by complimenting him on his dancing.
称赞他的舞蹈就能讨好他。
很明显，他只不过是在奉承苏珊。
You can flatter him by complimenting him on his dancing.
称赞他的舞蹈就能讨好他。
butter upphr. v. 〈非正式〉奉承，讨好
〔辨析〕
指为了让别人帮自己做事而对其说好话。
〔例证〕
It is no use buttering me up because I can do nothing to help you.
奉承我没用，我帮不了你什么忙。
You can butter him up easily.
他很容易讨好。
奉承我没用，我帮不了你什么忙。
You can butter him up easily.
他很容易讨好。
suck upphr. v. 〈贬，非正式〉奉承，巴结
〔辨析〕
指为了得到好处而取悦当权者，对其说很多好话或帮其做事，常后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
He always sucks up to his manager.
他总是拍经理的马屁。
She keeps sucking up to the teacher.
她不停地巴结教师。
他总是拍经理的马屁。
She keeps sucking up to the teacher.
她不停地巴结教师。
toadyv. 〈贬〉谄媚，奉承
〔辨析〕
指为了能得到帮助而为有权势的人做事或假装对其欣赏、尊敬、友善等，常后接介词 to。
〔例证〕
He is the only one that gets the bonus because he is always toadying to his boss.
他是唯一一个得到奖金的人，因为他总是拍老板的马屁。
They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.
他们随后来到后台，对他奉承了一番。
他是唯一一个得到奖金的人，因为他总是拍老板的马屁。
They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.
他们随后来到后台，对他奉承了一番。
柯林斯词典
- PHRASAL VERB 奉承;巴结;拍马屁
You say that someoneis sucking up toa person in authority when you do not like the fact that they are trying to please the person because of the person's position.- She kept sucking up to the teachers, especially Mrs Clements.
她不停地巴结老师，尤其是克莱门特夫人。
- She kept sucking up to the teachers, especially Mrs Clements.
英英释义
verb
- try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
- He is always kowtowing to his boss
- take in, also metaphorically
- The sponge absorbs water well
- She drew strength from the minister's words
- ingratiate oneself to
- She is playing up to the chairman
双语例句
- Although blind and deaf he can suck up as much knowledge as those who can see and hear.
尽管又聋又瞎，他却能和正常人一样领会知识。 - In the long-distance races, they suck up to leaders through all means, and make emotional investments, like providing hospitality, gifts and help to solve problems of their bosses.
在长跑中，他们会通过各种手段巴结奉承领导，并且会进行人情投资，比如招待上司、送礼以及帮助上司解决问题。 - Now joey, you go down there and you suck up to him.
乔伊，现在你得去拍他的马屁。 - It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
教条33－谄媚老板没有坏处。 - What they had to do at Brookhaven was drill monitoring wells and suck up the water.
他们必须要在，Brookhaven做的就是钻，检测的井并抽完水。 - With oil prices also falling, to depend on Middle Eastern or Russian markets would be false hope, as would be to wait for the US and Europe to stimulate consumption and suck up exports.
鉴于油价也在下跌，指望中东或俄罗斯市场将是一个幻想，就像等待美国和欧洲刺激消费并吸纳出口一样。 - Plants suck up moisture from the earth.
植物从地里吸收水分。 - You can suck up all you wish once I'm warm.
你可以收回所有的希望一旦我暖和了。 - If you want to suck up to you teacher, the first thing you should do is to have perfect attendance unless you have an excused absent.
如果你想赢得老师的好感，首先你需要做的就是保证良好的出勤，除非你有借口缺席。 - They have to be careful not to suck up young fish or other small creatures.
他们必须非常小心，保证不要吸入幼小的鱼类和其他小生物。