单词 | brown-nose |
释义 | brown-nose (once / 1313257 pages) v WORD FAMILY brown-nose: brown-nosing USAGE EXAMPLESWildlife campaigners have instead focused on convincing Vietnamese businessmen that brown-nosing peers with expensive gifts is unnecessary and unimpressive. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) Bob Corker is a hard-working senator who doesn't fall into the "vulnerable" category, but it made me sick to see him brown-nosing around Trump. New York Times(Jul 12, 2016) SYCOPHANT: Prehistoric pachyderm also known as the brown-nose mammoth. Washington Post(Feb 24, 2016) v flatter with the intention of getting something Syn|Hyper butter up blandish, flatter praise somewhat dishonestly |
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