smarm
verb[IorT]
UKinformaldisapprovinguk/smɑːm/us/smɑːrm/to beextremelypoliteorhelpfulor show a lot ofrespectin a way that isannoyingor does notseemsincere:
阿谀奉承，巴结He's alwaystryingto smarm his way into apromotion.他总想通过阿谀奉承来获得升职。
"It's no usetryingto smarm me," shelaughed.“巴结我是没有用的，”她笑着说。
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smarmy
- They are alwaystryingto smarm up to theteacher.
- She can smarm her way out of adifficultsituation.
- "Don't smarm, yousmuglittle thing," heshouted.
Affected & insincere
- affectation
- affected
- affectedly
- archly
- artificial
- feyness
- forced
- fustian
- glib
- glibly
- posey
- preciously
- preciousness
- precocious
- precociousness
- theatrically
- tokenism
- tokenistic
- two-faced
- ultra-slick