| 词汇 | sycophantic |
| 释义 | sycophantic adjective formaldisapprovinguk /ˌsɪk.əˈfæn.tɪk/ us /ˌsɪk.əˈfæn.tɪk/ (of a person or of behaviour) praising people in authority in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them: 阿谀奉承的，谄媚的 There was sycophantic laughter from the audience at every one of his terrible jokes.他每讲一个糟糕透顶的笑话，听众都发出谄媚的笑声。 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 Related wordssycophancy sycophant Examples of sycophanticsycophantic The author has produced a sophisticated assessment which is sympathetic but not sycophantic, critical on occasion but not iconoclastic. Even allowing a healthy margin for sycophantic exaggeration, the effect of such eulogy is impressive. Two of these three pieces unquestionably contain allegory, but there is nothing covert or subversive about it; they amount to royalist propaganda on the sycophantic model. Whilst the commentaries do include a few accolades boarding on the sycophantic, the commentators do not shy away from taking issue (very politely) with points made in the chapter. The interview format lends itself to a tone that, if not exactly sycophantic, certainly falls short of the level of critical engagement expected of an academic work. However, he spoilt it all by doing the usual bit at the end, showing how sycophantic he is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have gradually been removing the democratically elected representatives on boards, replacing them with their own sycophantic appointees and lackeys. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it would be no service to either the school or the person being appraised to have a sycophantic, nepotistic appraisal of that person. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was silly for some people to greet them with sycophantic approval. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not sycophantic to the fishing industry all the time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He swung wildly between the idiosyncratic and the sycophantic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are often reading questions that are not merely sycophantic, but poorly drafted and not in order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never seen a group whose members were so sycophantic towards each other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The press is not sure now to whom it should be sycophantic. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some press comment was less sycophantic than others. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of sycophantic 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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