词汇 | play-up-to |
释义 | play up to someonephrasal verb with playverbuk /pleɪ/ us /pleɪ/ to try to make someone like you and treat you well by behaving in a way you think will please them: 讨好,巴结(某人) Julia knows how to play up to the supervisors - she can always get time off work when she wants it.朱莉娅懂得如何讨好上司——这样她随时都能请假。 Praising insincerely or too eagerly backhanded compliment bootlicker bow and scrapeidiom crawler creep flummery glad-handing grovel grovelling grovellingly massage someone's egoidiom obsequious obsequiously people pleaser schmooze sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous |
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