brown-nosing

英 [ˈbraʊn nəʊzɪŋ]

美 [ˈbraʊn noʊzɪŋ]

n.  谄媚; 拍马屁
v.  谄媚; 拍马屁
brown-nose的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 谄媚；拍马屁
  If you accuse someone ofbrown-nosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
  1. Brown-nosing the power brokers won't save you.
     拍那些政治掮客的马屁也救不了你。

双语例句

• As one manager put it,... complimenting someone to his face is kind of obvious brown-nosing, or at least suspect.
  一位经理这么说，在本人面前拍马屁显然是非常谄媚的，至少是可疑的。
• Although he is very lazy, bill be still able to get a raise in his salary by brown-nosing the boss.
  尽管比尔很懒惰，但他还是通过拍老板马屁而得以提薪。
• Who can tell me why the brown-nosing employee got promoted!
  谁能告诉我，为什么那个马屁精竟然升了！
• Maybe your colleagues hate wearing suits and are not brown-nosing at all.
  或许你的同事讨厌穿套装，而且根本不是阿谀奉承之辈。
• Were not talking brown-nosing here, but simply paying attention to people can help you build relationships.
  我们现在不是在说拍马屁，只是注意身边的人能帮你建立关系。