趋炎附势 meaning in English
fawn upon the rich and powerful persons; be a follower of the rich and powerful; cater [play up] to those in power; curry favour with those in power; hurry to the glorious and hang on to the influential -- go where there is anything to be got; please and flatter wealthy and influential persons; run round persons in comfortable circumstances and flatter the powerful ones
Examples
- The motive behind such words is austere rather than snobbish .
使用这些字样的动机是庄严肃穆而非趋炎附势。 - You're a turncoat, a time-server, a shameful, unscrupulous opportunist .
你是一个变节分子，是个趋炎附势之徒！是个肆无忌惮不要脸的机会主义者！ - The transported dunwoody, with his aladdin's apple, was receiving the fickle attentions of all .
踌躇满志的邓武迪拿着那只宝贝苹果，陶醉在大伙趋炎附势的注意中。 - Granted , a snobbery of camping itself , based upon equipment and techniques , already exists ; but it is of a kind that .
即使由于装备和技术的关系，露营本身已经成为一个趋炎附势的问题。 - No one who knew mr. paramor connected him with snobbery, but there had been an "ah. that's right; this is due to us" tone about the saying .
认识派拉玛先生的，都知道他不是趋炎附势的人，但是他这句话里却有一种“哦！对啦；那得归功于我们呵”的口吻。