| 词汇 | sycophancy |
| 释义 | sycophancy noun[ U ] formaldisapprovinguk /ˈsɪk.ə.fən.si/ us /ˈsɪk.ə.fən.si/ behaviour in which someone praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them: 阿谀奉承，溜须拍马 The cosy sycophancy toward Smith was unbearable.对史密斯的阿谀奉承让人难以忍受。 See sycophantic How many of us really want to wade through pages and pages of royal sycophancy over breakfast? After a hour of simpering sycophancy from the presenter, the Prince took the viewer into his garden. A review should put the book in a broad context, offer a perspective on its achievements and failings, without malice or sycophancy. I have never seen such sycophancy as at the Cannes press conferences. 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 play up to someone sycophantically toady toadying truckle unctuous Examples of sycophancysycophancy But we would be reckless to assume that even so royalist a form as the masque contains nothing but pure sycophancy. When one discovers that editors of works such as this are related to the writer, one suspects that a degree of sycophancy might enter into their judgement. He said that he would try to find the narrow landing strip between sycophancy and rebellion. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But in this there is no evidence of servility or sycophancy and no disposition to indulge in fulsome adulation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know that it will be difficult to walk the narrow political path between whingeing and sycophancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I assure him that compliments in this place are so rare that there is never a danger of anyone being accused of sycophancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that from me he will get neither unfair attack nor sycophancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is a danger of creating a web of caution and sycophancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I say that in no sense of sycophancy or facetiousness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have shown how to take the science of sycophancy to new frontiers, and they have broken all records in arrogance and sanctimony. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That degree of political skill and sycophancy may do him a lot of good in the future. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But at the present time we are making loyalty and sycophancy synonymous terms. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It also particularly troubles me that the majority in another place appears to have abandoned scrutiny in favour of sycophancy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I would like also to see the sycophancy taken out altogether from the workpeople's point of view. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was described in one review as "the higher sycophancy". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sycophancy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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