单词	brown-nosing
释义	brown-noseˈbrown-nose verb [intransitive, transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE brown-nose Simple Form Present I, you, we, they brown-nose he, she, it brown-noses Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they brown-nosed Present perfect I, you, we, they have brown-nosed he, she, it has brown-nosed Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had brown-nosed Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will brown-nose Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have brown-nosed Continuous Form Present I am brown-nosing he, she, it is brown-nosing you, we, they are brown-nosing Past I, he, she, it was brown-nosing you, we, they were brown-nosing Present perfect I, you, we, they have been brown-nosing he, she, it has been brown-nosing Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been brown-nosing Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be brown-nosing Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been brown-nosing Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Kids don't want other kids to think they're brown-nosing, so they don't tell teachers when they've enjoyed a class. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto be too friendly to someone in authority► suck up to somebody informal also creep up to somebody British informal, also kiss up to somebody American informal to say or do a lot of nice things to someone in authority, in order to make them like you and help you in some way - use this to show disapproval: · Sucking up to the teacher doesn't mean you'll pass your exams.· I'm not going to kiss up to anyone for favors.· He was creeping up to the interviewer, trying to look good. ► grovel to behave in a very respectful, obedient way towards someone, because you want them to help you or forgive you: · If a police officer stops your car, be respectful to him, but don't grovel.grovel for: · The department is having to grovel for money again.grovel to British: · I grovelled to my parents and promised I wouldn't do it again. ► brown-nose informal to be very nice to someone in authority and help them do things in order to try to make them like you and help you - use this to show disapproval: · Kids don't want other kids to think they're brown-nosing, so they don't tell teachers when they've enjoyed a class. ► creep British someone who pretends to really respect or admire someone, but only in order to make the other person like them or do something for them: · She's such a creep at work.· Will's the class creep, and the teachers don't notice. informal to try to make someone in authority like you by being very nice to them – used to show disapproval—brown-noser noun [countable]—brown-nosing noun [uncountable]
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