toady to sb
toady 是不及物动词，表示“谄媚、拍马屁”，通常用介词 to 引出讨好的对象；含贬义。
He toadies to his manager whenever she walks by.
每次经理走过，他都会谄媚她。
谄媚；奉承；拍马屁
toadies — third person singular of toady
像马屁精一样行为(对某人)；通过卑躬屈膝或奉承来获得好感
to behave like a toady; to try to win favor by flattering or acting servilely
像马屁精一样行为(对某人)
To behave like a toady (toward someone).
通过卑躬屈膝或奉承来获得好感
try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
一般现在时
He toadies to his boss for a promotion.
他为了晋升而巴结老板。
一般过去时
She toadied to the influential politician last year.
她去年巴结了那位有影响力的政客。
现在完成时
They have toadied to the manager for years.
他们多年来一直巴结经理。
动词，意为‘阿谀奉承，拍马屁’，规则变化。
He always toadies to his boss in hopes of getting a promotion.
他总是对老板谄媚奉承，希望能升职。
用法提示：这里用动词toady的第三人称单数形式toadies表示向某人谄媚。
Stop toadying to the manager; it won't make you popular with your coworkers.
别再去拍经理马屁了，那样不会让同事喜欢你。
用法提示：toadying是动词toady的现在分词形式，表示奉承这一行为。
She toadied to the famous author at the book signing, but he barely noticed her.
她在签售会上对那位著名作家阿谀奉承，但他几乎没注意到她。
用法提示：toadied是动词toady的过去式，表示过去对某人献媚。
toady 是不及物动词，表示“谄媚、拍马屁”，通常用介词 to 引出讨好的对象；含贬义。
He toadies to his manager whenever she walks by.
每次经理走过，他都会谄媚她。
for 后接目的或想得到的东西，说明谄媚的动机。
She toadied to the boss for a promotion.
她为了升职而谄媚老板。
by 后接动名词，说明讨好的具体方式。
He toadied to the teacher by praising her lessons.
他通过称赞老师的课来谄媚她。
grammar · medium
易错句子He always toadies his boss to get a promotion.
正确表达He always toadies to his boss to get a promotion.
toady 是不及物动词，表示“向某人谄媚”时必须用 toady to sb，不能像中文“拍老板的马屁”那样直接接宾语。加上介词 to 后，动作方向才明确。
grammar · medium
易错句子She toadyed to the director at every meeting.
正确表达She toadied to the director at every meeting.
以辅音字母 + y 结尾的动词变过去式时，要把 y 变成 i 再加 -ed，所以 toady 的过去式是 toadied，不是 toadyed。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is always toady to his boss.
正确表达He is always toadying to his boss.
在 be 动词后表示反复出现的行为，要用现在分词 toadying 构成进行时；toady 是动词原形，不能直接放在 is 后面作表语或形容词。
toady 强调为私利而卑躬屈膝、甘当跟班，可直接作不及物动词接 to（toady to sb）；fawn 更强调表现出夸张的崇拜与讨好，通常用 fawn over/on sb，语气偏向追星式的献媚。
flatter 侧重说好话让对方高兴，可以是社交客套，未必有奴颜婢膝之意；toady 则强调以低三下四的姿态讨好有权势者以谋取好处。
bootlick 更口语、粗俗，常带轻蔑色彩，强调巴结当权者；toady 语气稍正式或偏文学，且常作不及物动词接 to 来表示讨好对象。
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