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单词 sycophancy
释义
sycophancy
noun[U]
formaldisapproving
uk
/ˈsɪk.ə.fən.si/us
/ˈsɪk.ə.fən.si/
behaviourin which someonepraisespowerfulorrichpeoplein a way that is notsincere, usually inorderto get someadvantagefrom them:
阿谀奉承，溜须拍马
Thecosysycophancy toward Smith wasunbearable.对史密斯的阿谀奉承让人难以忍受。
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sycophantic
More examples
  • How many of us reallywanttowadethroughpagesandpagesofroyalsycophancy overbreakfast?
  • After ahourofsimperingsycophancy from thepresenter, the Prince took theviewerinto hisgarden.
  • Areviewshould put thebookin abroadcontext,offeraperspectiveonitsachievementsandfailings, withoutmaliceor sycophancy.
  • I have neverseensuch sycophancy as at the Cannespressconferences.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Praising insincerely or too eagerly
  • backhanded compliment
  • bootlicker
  • bow and scrapeidiom
  • crawler
  • creep
  • fawn
  • flummery
  • glad-handing
  • grovel
  • hagiographic
  • idealization
  • massagesomeone'segoidiom
  • obsequious
  • people pleaser
  • play up tosomeone
  • schmooze
  • slobber
  • toady
  • toadying
  • unctuous
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(Definition ofsycophancyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsycophancy

sycophancy
But we would be reckless to assume that even so royalist a form as the masque contains nothing but puresycophancy.
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When one discovers that editors of works such as this are related to the writer, one suspects that a degree ofsycophancymight enter into their judgement.
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He said that he would try to find the narrow landing strip betweensycophancyand rebellion.
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But in this there is no evidence of servility orsycophancyand no disposition to indulge in fulsome adulation.
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I know that it will be difficult to walk the narrow political path between whingeing andsycophancy.
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I assure him that compliments in this place are so rare that there is never a danger of anyone being accused ofsycophancy.
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I hope that from me he will get neither unfair attack norsycophancy.
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There is a danger of creating a web of caution andsycophancy.
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I say that in no sense ofsycophancyor facetiousness.
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They have shown how to take the science ofsycophancyto new frontiers, and they have broken all records in arrogance and sanctimony.
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That degree of political skill andsycophancymay do him a lot of good in the future.
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But at the present time we are making loyalty andsycophancysynonymous terms.
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It also particularly troubles me that the majority in another place appears to have abandoned scrutiny in favour ofsycophancy.
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I would like also to see thesycophancytaken out altogether from the workpeople's point of view.
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It was described in one review as "the highersycophancy".
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