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
- Never use a vacuum to suck up water or to vacuum a wet animal.
绝对不要用吸尘器去吸水或是去清理一匹湿漉漉的马。 - It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
教条33－谄媚老板没有坏处。 - So you don't have to suck up to him as much as the rest.
所以你不用像拍其他人的马屁一样去巴结他。 - If we are willing to suck up to the organ grinder, it is hypocritical to keep the monkey in prison.
如果我们愿意奉承街头艺人，却把猴子关在监狱里，那是一种伪善。 - Plants suck up moisture from the earth.
植物从地里吸收水分。 - Stop digging through menus to quickly turn off features that suck up your battery. One tool will do the trick: the Power Control widget.
不用细究菜单便可迅速关闭那些耗费电量的功能，有一个工具能够帮到你&电量控制工具。 - Instead, they pump digestive fluids into their prey, then suck up the dissolved body parts.
因此它们向他们的猎物中注入消化液，这种消化液溶解猎物的身体供蜘蛛吸食。 - 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。 - 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。 - Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
它的雏也咂血。被杀的人在那里。