a lackey of + 名词
贬义用法，指对权势者卑躬屈膝、唯命是从的人。
He is nothing but a lackey of the wealthy.
他不过是富人的走狗。
男仆；(穿制服的)侍从；男仆；穿制服的男佣。；男仆(尤指侍从)；谄媚的、卑屈的追随者。；谄媚者；走狗；马屁精
a servile follower who flatters or obeys someone in authority for personal advantage
贬义
男仆；穿制服的男佣。
A footman, a liveried male servant.
男仆(尤指侍从)
a male servant (especially a footman)
谄媚的、卑屈的追随者。
A fawning, servile follower.
谄媚者；走狗；马屁精
a person who tries to please someone in order to gain a personal advantage
He acted as a lackey, always ready to fetch coffee for his boss.
他像个马屁精，随时准备给老板端咖啡。
用法提示：此处lackey指谄媚奉承的仆人，名词作表语。
The wealthy man's lackeys would follow him everywhere, carrying his bags.
那个富人的随从们到处跟着他，帮他拎包。
用法提示：lackeys是复数形式，指侍从、仆人，作主语。
She refused to be a lackey and stood up for her own opinions.
她拒绝当跟屁虫，坚持自己的观点。
用法提示：lackey指盲目顺从的人，名词作表语。
贬义用法，指对权势者卑躬屈膝、唯命是从的人。
He is nothing but a lackey of the wealthy.
他不过是富人的走狗。
用所有格直接指称“某人的走狗”，语气强烈。
The director's lackeys carried out his orders without question.
主任的走狗们毫不犹豫地执行他的命令。
强调充当某人走狗这一角色。
He acted as a lackey to the mayor for years.
多年来他一直给市长当走狗。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is lackey of the boss.
正确表达He is a lackey of the boss.
lackey 是可数名词，单数形式前必须加冠词或限定词；汉语没有冠词，中国学习者容易漏掉 a/an。
grammar · medium
易错句子The dictator surrounded himself with lackey.
正确表达The dictator surrounded himself with lackeys.
lackey 是可数名词，表示复数时必须用复数形式 lackeys；汉语名词通常不随数量变化，容易忘记加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子He lackeys the boss.
正确表达He is a lackey of the boss.
lackey 只作名词，不能直接当动词；表示“某人的走狗”要用 be a lackey of sb. 这样的名词结构。
minion 指听命于权势者的下属或爪牙，强调服从命令、效力办事；lackey 更强调卑躬屈膝、谄媚讨好的姿态，且原本指穿制服的男仆。
flunky 多指做琐碎差事、跑腿的低级随从，贬义偏轻蔑；lackey 贬义更重，常指甘愿为权势者或坏人效劳的人，也可指男仆。
sycophant 只强调为私利吹捧奉承、拍马屁，不一定是随从或听命办事；lackey 强调身份上的依附与卑屈，是听命于人的走狗。
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