拍马

He was laying on the flattery with a trowel.

他在一个劲儿地拍马屁。

The singer was surrounded by the usual crowd of lackeys and hangers on.

那个歌手让那帮总拍马、前呼後拥的人围住了。

During my colleagues, there are so many superexcellent ones, trickish ones, adulatory ones, who are doing better than me, and I have fallen to a walk-on.

同事中，能力卓越者、攻于心计者、拍马者，强于我的更不其数，自己现在已沦为一个跑龙套的。

Just remember—flattery will get you nowhere. There’s no use trying to be nice to me so I’ll give you what you want.

记住—拍马屁不使如愿以偿。讨好我也没用，我不想要的东西。

I hate his smarmy compliments.

我痛恨他拍马屁的恭维。

Jamie was adroit at flattering others.

杰米很拍马屁。