sycophant

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++syc·o·phant /ˈsɪkəfənt/ noun [countable] formalPERSUADE someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them – used to show disapproval 阿谀奉承者，谄媚者，拍马屁者〔含贬义〕 a dictator surrounded by sycophants 被阿谀奉承者包围的独裁者

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sycophant• My father was just a blatant sycophant.• It takes little effort to imagine how he is treated by sycophants and opportunists.• He would not be a fawning sycophant.• We have frightened them and made nodding sycophants of them, and now we wish them to fight with style and courage.• As a result, at least off the track and in business, he had about him only sycophants.• Reese's mistake was to surround himself with sycophants.Origin sycophant (1500-1600) Latin sycophanta “someone who tells about the bad actions of another, flatterer”, from Greek sykophantes, from sykon “fig” + phainein “to show”

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sycophant
syc‧o‧phant /ˈsɪkəfənt/

noun [countable]

Date: 1500-1600
Language: Latin
Origin: sycophanta 'someone who tells about the bad actions of another, flatterer', from Greek sykophantes, from sykon 'fig' + phainein 'to show'

formal someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them – used in order to show disapproval: