sycophancy
/sik-uh-fuhn-see, -fan-, sahy-kuh-/US // ˈsɪk ə fən si, -ˌfæn-, ˈsaɪ kə- //
谄媚,媚俗,佞人,佞人之心
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Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : self-seeking or servile flattery.
- : the character or conduct of a sycophant.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Alone among the servants he had no time for sycophancy or subservience.
His caustic audacity salted his sycophancy and made him a man apart from the herd of flatterers.
Think not, however, that this inequality favors pride on the one hand, and sycophancy on the other.
The soft sycophancy of Mrs. Nuttall disgusted him; he knew well enough what evoked it.
This is not the time for sycophancy, for servility, for compromise of principle, for forgetfulness of our rights.
It was not until all hope of turning sycophancy to further account was gone that he took up with patriotism.
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