🙇‍♂️toady (トディ)

verb
/ˈtoʊdi/
おべっか使い (obekka tsukai)

意味

to flatter or behave excessively subserviently toward someone for advantage
a person who acts obsequiously to gain favor; a sycophant
意味の翻訳
好意を得るために卑屈に行動する人;へつらい者
ko'i o eru tame ni hikutsu ni koudou suru hito; hetsurai-mono

例文

Stop toadying to the manager and speak your mind.

He was known as a toady who always agreed with the boss.

彼は常に上司と同意していたおべっか使いとして知られていました。
Kare wa tsune ni joushi to doui shiteita obekka tsukai to shite shirarete imashita.

表現例

toady up to

同義語

flatter, fawn, grovel, brown-nose, bootlick, sycophant, flatterer, yes-man, bootlicker
エントリー 1
flatter, fawn, grovel, brown-nose, bootlick
エントリー 2
sycophant, flatterer, yes-man, bootlicker

対義語

criticize, resist, speak plainly, critic, opponent, independent thinker
エントリー 1
criticize, resist, speak plainly
エントリー 2
critic, opponent, independent thinker

コロケーション

toady to the boss, shameless toady, toady up to, act like a toady, office toady, political toady
エントリー 1
toady to the boss, shameless toady, toady up to, act like a toady
エントリー 2
office toady, political toady

関連語彙

to help something develop or increase; to advance someone to a higher position
to exclude someone from a group or society; to banish or shun
to travel smoothly at a moderate speed, especially for pleasure
To copy the actions, speech, or behavior of someone or something.
to attribute a fault or responsibility to someone
to jump or dance around excitedly

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