bootlicker
noun[C]
disapproving(UKalsoboot-licker,boot licker)uk/ˈbuːt.lɪk.ər/us/ˈbuːt.lɪk.ɚ/someone whopraisesor isextremelypoliteto a morepowerfulorrichpersonin a way that is notsincere, usually inorderto get anadvantagefor themselves:
阿谀奉承者,奴颜婢膝的人Even afteryearsof being amagnetfor bootlickers and overzealousadmirers, he's still just anice,politeyoungman.即使他多年来吸引了许多马屁精和狂热的仰慕者,他仍然是一个善良、有礼貌的年轻人。
Theytrytoportraythescholarswhosupporthim asmerebootlickers.他们试图把支持他的学者描绘成纯粹的马屁精。
- Iknewyou weresillybut I neverthoughtyou were asnoband a bootlicker.
- Thecrisiscreatedfearandangerinalmosteveryonesavefor theroyalbootlickers and hangers-on.
- Heangrilydescribedhis country'sgovernmentas "the bootlickers of Washington".
- It's tooeasyfor thecrookedcompanychiefsandtheirbootlickers togainaccesstomoneythroughunscrupulousways.
- He wasdescribedas aprofessional“boot-licker” and “tool-bag-carrier” of therulingclass.
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
- backhanded compliment
- bow and scrapeidiom
- crawler
- creep
- cupboard love
- fawn
- glad-handing
- grovel
- hagiographic
- idealization
- idealize
- obsequious
- people pleaser
- play up tosomeone
- schmooze
- servile
- slobber
- toady
- toadying
- unctuous