[ qūyánfùshì ] 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
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。
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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!
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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。
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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。
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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。
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Mrs brown is known as a social climber 布朗太太是有名的趋炎附势的人。
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Who ' s another non - scummy iawyer 还有其他不趋炎附势的律师吗
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He is only called a genius because of the glamour and authority with which the military are invested , and because masses of sycophants are always ready to flatter power , and to ascribe to it qualities quite alien to it 因为军人们被授予荣誉和权力,成群的蝇营狗苟的坏胚子趋炎附势,本不具备的天才品质都赋予了权势,于是他们便被称为天才。