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butter up

/ˈbʌt.ər ʌp/

翻译: 指为了得到好处或便利而过度奉承、讨好某人。

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词语关系

verb

/ˈbʌt.ər ʌp/B2formal
  • zh指为了得到好处或便利而过度奉承、讨好某人。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of flattering or praising someone excessively in order to gain a favor or advantage.

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  1. informal

    To praise or flatter someone excessively, often to gain a favor or advantage.

    zh阿谀奉承

    • He tried to butter up his boss before asking for a raise.
    • She buttered up the teacher with compliments about the lesson.
    • Don't try to butter me up; just tell me what you want.

    同义词brown-noseflattersweet-talktoady

词形
  • buttered up past participle
  • buttered up past simple
  • buttering up present participle
  • butters up third person singular

基本动词butter

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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Vocabulary data from the Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset (CC BY 4.0), https://huggingface.co/datasets/Fristail27/vocab-bloom-hub-en

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