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. 谄媚，拍马屁
- n. 谄媚者，拍马屁的人
英汉例句
- Bill is a brown-nose and none of his colleagues likes him in the company.
比尔是个马屁精，公司里没有一个同事喜欢他。 - His father was a rich merchant who knew how to brown-nose some senior government officials.
他的父亲是一名富商谁知道如何布朗鼻一些政府高级官员。 - 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，过于讨好，可能不会在需要的时侯的做出冷却诚实的决定，这些决定也是在商业里需要的。 - He has reddish-brown hair with a trace of product on top, a long fleshy nose, clear blue eyes, and fantastically white teeth.
NEWYORKER: No Death, No Taxes
双语例句
权威例句
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