词汇 | butter-up |
释义 | butter someone upphrasal verb with butterverb[ T ]uk /ˈbʌt.ər/ us /ˈbʌt̬.ɚ/ informal to be very kind or friendly to someone or try to please someone, so that that person will do what you want them to do: 奉承…;拍…的马屁 You'll have to butter them up a bit before they'll agree.你得奉承他们一下,他们才会同意。 Urging & persuading ambulance-chasing argumentation badger be/go on at someoneidiom blag blagger go on hortatory hustle incitation incitement influencer jockey sucker sway unconvinced unpersuaded unpersuasive unsalable unsaleable butter up someone | American Dictionarybutter up someonephrasal verb with butterverb to please someone, esp. by praising that person in order to get him or her to agree to something: A company wishing to influence the government must butter up both parties in the House and the Senate. |
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