单词	sycophant
释义	sycophantsyc‧o‧phant /ˈsɪkəfənt/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINsycophant Origin: 1500-1600 Latin sycophanta ‘someone who tells about the bad actions of another, flatterer’, from Greek sykophantes, from sykon ‘fig’ + phainein ‘to show’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Reese's mistake was to surround himself with sycophants. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS As a result, at least off the track and in business, he had about him only sycophants. He would not be a fawning sycophant. It takes little effort to imagine how he is treated by sycophants and opportunists. My father was just a blatant sycophant. We have frightened them and made nodding sycophants of them, and now we wish them to fight with style and courage. formal someone who praises powerful people too much because they want to get something from them – used to show disapproval:  a dictator surrounded by sycophants
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