toady
音標發(fā)音
- 英式音標 [?t??.di]
- 美式音標 [?to?.di]
- 國際音標 ['t?udi]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- n.諂媚者；拍馬屁的人
- v.諂媚；拍馬屁
詞根記憶
- toad(癩蛤蟆) + y→像蛤蟆一樣趴在地上的人→馬屁精
英漢例句
- Arrogance has no defense against a toady.
傲慢防不了諂媚者. - " Oh , hello, Mr. Lee. How are you toady? "
哦, 喂, 李先生, 你今天好 嗎 ? - An invention may be new toady, but in a few years, it may be outdated.
一項發(fā)明今天可能新穎, 過幾年可能就會過時. - He flung it in my teeth that I was a toady.
他責備我是個馬屁精. - Arrogance has no defense against a toady.
傲慢防不了諂媚者.
英英字典
- a person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them
- If you refer to someone as a toady, you disapprove of them because they flatter or are nice to an important or powerful person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.
- If you say that someone is toadying to an important or powerful person, you disapprove of them because they are flattering or being pleasant toward that person in the hope of getting some advantage from them.