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单词 yes-man
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yes-man

noun (plural yes-men) informal
A weak person who always agrees with their political leader or their superior at work.But anyone who believes he was a puppet or a yes-man has never had to meet his steely glare or attempt to win an argument with him....
  • He has spent the last few years purging the army to assure its loyalty, stuffing it with boot-clicking yes-men.
  • He accused the president of surrounding himself with yes-men, rewarding only sycophancy and punishing dissent.

Synonyms

sycophant, toady, lackey, flunkey, minion, stooge, kowtower, truckler, groveller, crawler, creep, fawner, flatterer, lickspittle, Uriah Heep, puppet, cat's paw, instrument, pawn, underling, hanger-on, camp follower, doormat, spaniel
informal bootlicker
British informal poodle, dogsbody
North American informal suck-up
Indian informal chamcha
British vulgar slang arse-licker, bum-sucker
North American vulgar slang brown-nose, ass-kisser, suckhole
archaic toad-eater
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