ingratiate

英 [ɪn'ɡreɪʃieɪt] 美 [ɪn'ɡreɪʃieɪt]

• v. 取悦；迎合；讨好

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 使迎合，使讨好，使巴结
2. 使得到…欢心，奉承，谄媚

英英释义

Verb:

1. gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration.
   她很快就试图使她自己获得新政府的欢心。
2. She tried to ingratiate herself with the director in the hope of getting promotion.
   她竭力迎合主任希望得到提升。
3. He never ingratiate himself with his boss.
   他从不去讨好上司。
4. I used to be upset by these attempts to ingratiate.
   我以前常常对这样的讨好感到厌烦。

经典引文

• He never ingratiated himself anywhere,..but kept to himself.

  出自： D. H. Lawrence

• Courtiers who had once flattered and fawned on him hastened to ingratiate themselves with the new power behind the throne.

  出自： M. M. Kaye

近反义词

【近义词】

• curry favor 求宠(于人), 拍(人)...
• suck up 吸收
• toady 谄媚者
• crawl 爬行
• get in with 跟 ... 熟悉起来...
• grovel 趴