英语口语8000句：拍马的十句话

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1. Stop flattering me like that.

别再那样拍我马*。

flatter:阿谀奉承，表贬义。

eg:I always distrust people who try to flatter me.

我总是不信任想奉承我的人。

2. I don't like Peter. He's such a brown-noser.

我不喜欢彼得。他真是个马*精。

brown-noser：马*精，是形容一个人爱巴结讨好人家，甘愿亲人家的*，结果亲到鼻子都变咖啡色了。这就是brown-noser的来源。

eg:You're such a brown-noser!

你真是个马*精!

3. I know he's trying to butter me up, but I'm not buying it.

我知道他想要拍我马*，但我才不吃那一套。

butter sb up就是过分的奉承，就像黄油很滑溜，就像那些奉承别人的话听起来那样顺耳。

eg:Harry is working hard to butter the boss up to get that promotion.

哈里为了被提升，正在想方设法地对老板拍马奉承。

4. In order to get the promotion, she kept apple-polishing the manager.

为了升迁，她一直在拍经理的马*。

apple-polishing表示将苹果抛光，意为取悦别人，apple-polisher即为马*精的意思。

eg:When you please your boss, you're apple polishing.

若你取悦你的老板，你就在拍马*。

5. He started sucking up to the boss as soon as he got on board.

他一来公司就开始拍老板的马*。

suck up就是试图得宠于某人，或者是巴结某人，拍某人的马*。

eg:Stop sucking up to Harry!

停止向哈利拍马*吧！

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6. The professor likes her because she knows how to please him.

教授喜欢她是因为她知道怎么讨好他。

please在这里作动词。表示使高兴，讨人喜欢的意思。

eg:That shopgirl is studious to please the customers.

那位女店员很想讨好顾客。

7. She's very good at paying lip service.

她很会讲一些言不由衷的好听话。

pay lip service无诚意的赞美或尊敬等;施以口惠。

eg:Don't just pay lip service to what I ask of you.

对于我要求你做的事，别只是口头敷衍。

8. Everyone in this company knows that he's trying to curry favor with the board of the directors.

公司里的每一个人都知道他想要巴结董事会。

curry favor with是讨好；奉承；拍某人的马*的意思。

eg:He never tries to curry favor with those over him.

他从不去讨好上司。

9. That guy is a real bootlicker.

那个家伙真是个马*精。

bootlicker表示拍马*的人。

eg:He is such a bootlicker

他真是一个马*精啊。

10. You want me to kiss his ass? Read my lips: No Way!

你要我拍他马*？仔细听好：门儿都没有！

kiss sb’s ass亲某人的*，昨天的节目中出现的brown-noser就是kiss sb ass的后果。"kiss someone's feet" 「亲某人的脚」 和 "lick someone's boots" 「舔某人的靴」等也都是蛮常用的,也有异曲同工之妙。

eg：Don't kiss me ass，even that I won't do this.

不要拍我的马*，即便这样我也不会答应的。