校園口語第七十一課:各種拍馬(二)

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1. He started sucking up to the boss as soon as he got on board.
    他一來公司就開始拍老板的馬*。
    suck up to:巴結,奉承
    2. The professor likes her because she knows how to please him.
    教授喜歡她是因為她知道怎么討好他。
    3. She's very good at paying lip service.
    她很會講一些言不由衷的好聽話。
    pay lip service:說好聽的話
    4. Everyone in this company knows that he's trying to curry favor with the board of the directors.
    公司里的每一個人都知道他想要巴結董事會。
    try to curry favor with:拉關系,巴結
    the board of the directors:董事會,也可直接說the board