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
- 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。 - 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。 - Globalisation allowed the US to suck up the savings of the rest of the world and consume more than it produced.
全球化使美国可以吸取全球其它地区的储蓄，并消费高出自身产出的物品。 - 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。 - Officials say the thief cut a small hole in the store's window and then used a vacuum cleaner to suck up the goods.
警察说小偷在商店的橱窗上钻了一个洞，然后用真空吸尘器吸走了珠宝。 - Some are worried that Alibaba literally will suck up too many investment dollars, given that bankers expect it to raise around half of the entire 2014 IPO volume.
有些公司担心阿里巴巴会吸走太多投资资金，银行家们预计，阿里巴巴获得的投资资金将占到2014年IPO总额的一半左右。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Patients with various bronchial blockages, asthma and breathing problems are sent to the mines by the Solotvyno's allergological hospital to suck up the curative air.
Solotvyno变应性疾病医院将有各种支气管堵塞、哮喘和呼吸疾病的患者送到这些矿井，吸收有疗效的空气。