toady

🇬🇧 UK/'tәudi/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person who flatters and is overly obedient to others in order to gain personal advantage; a sycophant.

谄媚者,马屁精

v.

To flatter or behave obsequiously toward someone for personal gain.

谄媚,拍马屁

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
toadstem
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ycharacterized by
=toady

Common Collocations

  • 1.office toady办公室马屁精
  • 2.[shameless toady]无耻的谄媚者
  • 3.political toady政治上的阿谀奉承者
  • 4.[act like a toady]像马屁精一样行事

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    He was known as the boss's toady, always agreeing with whatever she said.

  • 2.

    The new intern quickly became a toady, laughing at every joke the manager made.

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