1620s, from sycophant + -cy, or else from Latin sycophantia, from Greek sykophantia "false accusation, slander; conduct of a sycophant," from sykophantes.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. He was free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness in the face of the reactionary ruling class.
他在反動(dòng)統(tǒng)治階級(jí)面前沒有絲毫的奴顏與媚骨.
來(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. Sycophancy was the device of the least trustworthy.
阿諛?lè)畛兄呑畈豢煽?
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. What weakness is it that you can never tolerate? --- Sycophancy and servile flattery.
你最不能容忍的缺點(diǎn)是什么? ---- 奴顏婢膝.
來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. There has ever been and ever will be found sycophancy on the side of power.