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suck up

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  • 拍马屁;奉承;巴结
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    PHRASAL VERB 奉承;巴结;拍马屁
    You say that someone is sucking up to a person in authority when you do not like the fact that they are trying to please the person because of the person's position.

    She kept sucking up to the teachers, especially Mrs Clements.

    她不停地巴结老师,尤其是克莱门特夫人。

verb

1
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
He is always kowtowing to his boss
Synonym: fawn toady truckle bootlick kowtow kotow
2
take in, also metaphorically
The sponge absorbs water well
She drew strength from the minister's words
Synonym: absorb suck imbibe soak up sop up draw take in take up
3
ingratiate oneself to;often with insincere behavior
She is playing up to the chairman
Synonym: cozy up cotton up shine up play up sidle up

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  1. In the long-distance races , they suck up to leaders through all means , and make emotional investments , like providing hospitality , gifts and help to solve problems of their bosses .

    在长跑中,他们会通过各种手段巴结奉承领导,并且会进行人情投资,比如招待上司、送礼以及帮助上司解决问题。

  2. If we are willing to suck up to the organ grinder , it is hypocritical to keep the monkey in prison .

    如果我们愿意奉承街头艺人,却把猴子关在监狱里,那是一种伪善。

  3. Never use a vacuum to suck up water or to vacuum a wet animal .

    绝对不要用吸尘器去吸水或是去清理一匹湿漉漉的马。

  4. We suck up 25 cubic kilometers of buried water per year .

    每年我们要消耗25立方公里的地下水。

  5. I can 't stand the way that you suck up to her .

    你老拍她的马屁,这种作法可真让我受不了。

  6. The cleverest students can suck up as much knowledge as you can give them .

    最聪明的学生能够接受所传授的一切知识。

  7. suck up the chocolate and carry it away all over the factory .

    会吸取巧克力输送到工厂内的各个角落

  8. What , do you think the association pays me to suck up to these people ?

    什么你认为委员会给我钱去巴结那些人?

  9. Plants suck up moisture from the earth .

    植物从地里吸收水分。

  10. But those things will also suck up much of your time and energy and create stress and friction in your life .

    但是那些事情会占用你大量的时间和精力,并让你的生活增加压力和摩擦。

  11. You can suck up all you wish once I 'm warm .

    你可以收回所有的希望一旦我暖和了。

  12. It never hurts to suck up to the boss .

    教条33-谄媚老板没有坏处。

  13. So you don 't have to suck up to him as much as the rest .

    所以你不用像拍其他人的马屁一样去巴结他。

  14. They have to be careful not to suck up young fish or other small creatures .

    他们必须非常小心,保证不要吸入幼小的鱼类和其他小生物。

  15. Although blind and deaf he can suck up as much knowledge as those who can see and hear .

    尽管又聋又瞎,他却能和正常人一样领会知识。

  16. Her young ones also suck up blood : and where the slain are , there is she .

    它的雏也咂血。被杀的人在那里。

  17. I figured it would take this long for the trees to suck up the CO2 through photosynthesis ,

    我觉得这个时间差不多可以让那些树通过光合作用吸收二氧化碳,

  18. Now joey , you go down there and you suck up to him .

    乔伊,现在你得去拍他的马屁。

  19. Instead , they pump digestive fluids into their prey , then suck up the dissolved body parts .

    因此它们向他们的猎物中注入消化液,这种消化液溶解猎物的身体供蜘蛛吸食。

  20. There wasn 't a Hoover in the world big enough to suck up all that shit .

    世界上可没有足够大的真空吸尘器能把那些毒物吸光。

  21. Who better to unclog sewers or suck up nuclear waste than these remarkable machines ?

    谁通下水道或者吸收核废料的功力能比这些非凡的机器要好?

  22. What they had to do at Brookhaven was drill monitoring wells and suck up the water .

    他们必须要在,Brookhaven做的就是钻,检测的井并抽完水。

  23. A whirlwind is small in size and may suck up sand and dust as it moves over the surface of the Earth .

    旋风的范围小,当它在地球表面移过时,可以吸进沙和灰尘。

  24. Globalisation allowed the US to suck up the savings of the rest of the world and consume more than it produced .

    全球化使美国可以吸取全球其它地区的储蓄,并消费高出自身产出的物品。

  25. He works with tiny particles of titanium dioxide , which can use sunlight to suck up smog-forming pollution and purify the air .

    他目前研究二氧化钛微粒,而这种物质可以利用阳光吸收污染物,达到净化空气的目的。

  26. But inside , a powerful vacuum uses ionization technology to suck up smog , filter out the dangerous particles and release purified air .

    但它的内部有一台功能强大的真空吸尘器,利用电离技术吸入雾霾,滤掉其中的有害颗粒,然后排出净化后的空气。

  27. Officials say the thief cut a small hole in the store 's window and then used a vacuum cleaner to suck up the goods .

    警察说小偷在商店的橱窗上钻了一个洞,然后用真空吸尘器吸走了珠宝。

  28. A dozen internal tractor beams suck up huge molecular furnace capable of breaking down or converting virtually any substance into useful materials .

    十二部内置牵引光束吸收地表物质,为一台巨大的足以把任何物质分解并转化为有用材料的分子熔炉提供生产资料。

  29. He argues that every billboard could be similarly treated to suck up pollution at an extra cost of just a few hundred dollars .

    他强调任何一块普通广告牌都可以辅以类似的功能,而且只比一般广告牌贵几百美元。

  30. Rather than redesigning government , he could suck up to the public-sector unions by promising that jobs will not be cut .

    若要取悦公共部门工会,他不必去进行政府重组,承诺不去减少工作岗位即可。

flatter butter up suck up toady 【导航词义:奉承】
flatter v. 奉承,讨好
〔辨析〕

指为了取悦某人或得到好处而赞扬某人,常含言不由衷之意。

〔例证〕

It is obvious that he is just flattering Susan.

很明显,他只不过是在奉承苏珊。

You can flatter him by complimenting him on his dancing.

称赞他的舞蹈就能讨好他。

butter up v. 〈非正式〉奉承,讨好
〔辨析〕

指为了让别人帮自己做事而对其说好话。

〔例证〕

It is no use buttering me up because I can do nothing to help you.

奉承我没用,我帮不了你什么忙。

You can butter him up easily.

他很容易讨好。

suck up v. 〈贬,非正式〉奉承,巴结
〔辨析〕

指为了得到好处而取悦当权者,对其说很多好话或帮其做事,常后接介词 to。

〔例证〕

He always sucks up to his manager.

他总是拍经理的马屁。

She keeps sucking up to the teacher.

她不停地巴结教师。

toady v. 〈贬〉谄媚,奉承
〔辨析〕

指为了能得到帮助而为有权势的人做事或假装对其欣赏、尊敬、友善等,常后接介词 to。

〔例证〕

He is the only one that gets the bonus because he is always toadying to his boss.

他是唯一一个得到奖金的人,因为他总是拍老板的马屁。

They came backstage afterward and toadied to him.

他们随后来到后台,对他奉承了一番。