butter up

v. 过分恭维, 谄媚, 巴结, 讨好

例句与用法：

He hates being buttered up so.

他讨厌对他如此巴结。

He tried hard to butter up the Mayor.

他拼命地拍市长马屁。

She was just buttering up to the boss to try to get a favour of him.

为了从老板那里得到好处，她正在巴结他呢。

I've seen you buttering up the boss!

我看见你巴结老板来着！

词形变化：

动词过去式: buttered | 动词过去分词: buttered | 动词现在分词: buttering | 动词第三人称单数: butters |