英语单词“toadied”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 toadied 释义 toadiedpast simple and past participle oftoadytoadyverb[I]uk

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/?to?.di/topraiseand beartificiallypleasanttopeopleinauthority, usually inorderto get someadvantagefrom them:She was always toadyingtotheboss.Sheimaginedhim in hisgallery, toadying to hisrichclients.Synonymcrawl(TRY TO PLEASE)UKinformaldisapproving

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• He wasunusedtopeoplenot toadying to him.
• They are allgrimlyobsequious, likeboystoadying toteachers.
• Hespenthisholidaytoadying up torichrelativeson Martha's Vineyard.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Praising insincerely or too eagerly

• backhanded compliment
• bootlicker
• bow and scrapeidiom
• crawler
• creep
• fawn
• flatter
• glad-handing
• grovel
• hagiographic
• idealization
• idealize
• left-handed compliment
• people pleaser
• play up tosomeone
• schmooze
• servile
• servility
• slobber
• unctuous

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(Definition oftoadiedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/toadied##