sycophant

n.谄媚者，拍马屁者

noun

1. 阿谀奉承的人；谄媚者；拍马者
   a person who praises important or powerful people too much and in a way that is not sincere, especially in order to get sth from them

名词复数形式:sycophants

1. So how do we take that and turn it around? How do we create a unique value that our bosses are willing to pay for? No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.
   所以我们该怎么对待这种情况，怎么扭转局面呢？我们该怎么创造能让我们老板心甘情愿付工资的特殊才能呢？不，答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。
2. Ross: All right, so I don't know what sycophant means, but the rest is right.
   那我不知道“拍马屁”的意思，但余下的是对的。
3. A person who flatters or defers to others for self-serving reasons; a sycophant. in an unctuous voice
   谄媚者出于私利而吹捧或尊敬他人的人；拍马者用谄媚[柔媚]的声音
4. He expects sycophant devotion from his staff.
   他希望自己的员工一心一意效忠于他。
5. No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.
   不，答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。
6. He's a coward, a traitor, and a sycophant.
   他是胆小鬼、叛徒和马屁精。
7. Maggie: Carol, would you please tell me what a sycophant is.
   麦琪：卡罗尔，献媚这个词是什么意思？
8. This is a modern form of'changes from guest to host ', I wonder whether those sycophant and bootlicking government officials realize this.
   这是一种现代反客为主术，不知那些宠幸拍马逢迎者的官员们是否想到了这一层。