curry favor
基本解釋
- 巴結(jié),拍馬屁
英漢例句
- Everyone in this company knows that he"s trying to curry favor with the board of the directors.
公司?的每一個(gè)人都知道他想要巴結(jié)董事會(huì)。 - "The Clinton Foundation exists as a temptation for any foreign entity or government that believes it can curry favor through a donation, " he said.
盧格說:“克林頓基金會(huì)對(duì)于任何外國(guó)實(shí)體或者政府都具有一種誘惑力,他們會(huì)認(rèn)為通過贈(zèng)款可能得到某種優(yōu)惠。 - It uses feckless, incompetent managers who remove those who criticize and retain those who curry favor.
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