
TOEFL,GRE
vi. 拍马屁,谄媚(toady 的过去式和过去分词)
She's a strong woman, but she nearly went to pieces when Arnie ***d.
她是个坚强的女人,但阿尼死的时候她几乎崩溃了。
It was a great shock to the girl when word came that her close friend ***d in the severe earthquake of Haiti.
当消息传来说她的好朋友死于海地大地震时,这个女孩深受打击。
A month after being admitted to hospital, swollen, breathless, and bleeding, with his leukemia as robust as ever, he went on hospice in the hospital and ***d.
在入院一个月后,他出现了肿胀、呼吸困难和流血,白血病依然严重,他在医院接受了临终关怀,最终死亡。
The king of a great land ***d, and left his queen to take care of their only child.
一个大国的国王死了,留下他的王后照顾他们唯一的孩子。
Sin is a harsh tyrant in your life. But Christ not only ***d for our sins, he ***d to sin.
罪是你生命中的一个残酷暴君。但是基督不仅为我们的罪舍命,而且他向罪而死。
"toadied" 是动词 "toady" 的过去式和过去分词形式,指通过谄媚或过度恭维的行为讨好有权势者。该词源自动物"蟾蜍"(toad)的隐喻,因中世纪欧洲人认为蟾蜍体内含有毒素,而谄媚者如同依附权贵的"毒虫"。
在语言学层面,"toadied" 属于贬义词汇,常用于描述带有目的性的虚伪奉承。例如:"The journalist was accused of having toadied to corporate executives for exclusive interviews."(该记者被指控为获取独家采访权而谄媚企业高管)。
该行为在心理学中被归类为"工具性社交策略",研究显示过度奉承可能引发被讨好者的不信任感。现代职场伦理指南建议,专业关系应建立在相互尊重而非单方面讨好基础上。
单词toadied 是动词toady 的过去式和过去分词形式。以下是详细解释:
若需更多例句或相关词汇扩展,可参考词典来源。
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