
TOEFL,GRE
vi. 拍馬屁,谄媚(toady 的過去式和過去分詞)
She's a strong woman, but she nearly went to pieces when Arnie ***d.
她是個堅強的女人,但阿尼死的時候她幾乎崩潰了。
It was a great shock to the girl when word came that her close friend ***d in the severe earthquake of Haiti.
當消息傳來說她的好朋友死于海地大地震時,這個女孩深受打擊。
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.
在入院一個月後,他出現了腫脹、呼吸困難和流血,白血病依然嚴重,他在醫院接受了臨終關懷,最終死亡。
The king of a great land ***d, and left his queen to take care of their only child.
一個大國的國王死了,留下他的王後照顧他們唯一的孩子。
Sin is a harsh tyrant in your life. But Christ not only ***d for our sins, he ***d to sin.
罪是你生命中的一個殘酷暴君。但是基督不僅為我們的罪舍命,而且他向罪而死。
"toadied" 是動詞 "toady" 的過去式和過去分詞形式,指通過谄媚或過度恭維的行為讨好有權勢者。該詞源自動物"蟾蜍"(toad)的隱喻,因中世紀歐洲人認為蟾蜍體内含有毒素,而谄媚者如同依附權貴的"毒蟲"。
在語言學層面,"toadied" 屬于貶義詞彙,常用于描述帶有目的性的虛僞奉承。例如:"The journalist was accused of having toadied to corporate executives for exclusive interviews."(該記者被指控為獲取獨家采訪權而谄媚企業高管)。
該行為在心理學中被歸類為"工具性社交策略",研究顯示過度奉承可能引發被讨好者的不信任感。現代職場倫理指南建議,專業關系應建立在相互尊重而非單方面讨好基礎上。
單詞toadied 是動詞toady 的過去式和過去分詞形式。以下是詳細解釋:
若需更多例句或相關詞彙擴展,可參考詞典來源。
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