胁肩谄笑 meaning in English
cringe and smile obsequiously; bow and scrape; flatter sb. shrugging one's shoulders and smiling; flatter sb., with hunched shoulders and a smiling face; shrug one's shoulders and offer an ingratiating smile; try to win sb.'s favor by servile behavior; smile like a sycophant 短语和例子
Examples
- He was the kind of person who would flatter you to your face , and then slander you behind your back .
他是那种当面胁肩谄笑，背地里造谣中伤的人。 - He mimicked him behind his back, as the polite major bowed and smirked to lady clavering or miss amory .
他在和气的少校背后模仿他的动作，学他在克拉弗林夫人和艾默里小姐面前那副卑躬屈节、胁肩谄笑的神态。 - Then , what submission , what cringing and fawning , what servility , what abject humiliation
好一个低眉垂首阿谀逢迎胁肩谄笑卑躬屈膝的场面！