brown-nose
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈbraʊn.nəʊz]
- 美式音标 [ˈbraʊn.noʊz]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- v. 諂媚，拍馬屁
- n. 諂媚者，拍馬屁的人
英汉例句
- Bill is a brown-nose and none of his colleagues likes him in the company.
比爾是個馬屁精，公司裡沒有一個同事喜歡他。 - His father was a rich merchant who knew how to brown-nose some senior government officials.
他的父親是一名富商誰知道如何佈朗鼻一些政府高級官員。 - The first is that nice guys are more likely to brown-nose, be overly pleasing and may not bring the cold, hard honesty in a time when it's needed for a key business decision.
首先是好人，過於討好，可能不會在需要的時侯的做出冷卻誠實的決定，這些決定也是在商業裡需要的。 - He has reddish-brown hair with a trace of product on top, a long fleshy nose, clear blue eyes, and fantastically white teeth.
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雙語例句
權威例句
英英字典
- to try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant
- a form of light sensitization in cattle