truckle to sb/sth
最常用的搭配,带贬义,指为了讨好而卑躬屈膝;宾语通常是有权势的人或势力。
The young assistant truckled to every demand his manager made.
这位年轻助手对经理的每一个要求都唯命是从。
(靠脚轮)滚动;推动(装有脚轮的物体);睡在可推入床下的脚轮矮床上;在脚轮上滚动或移动;滚动。;行为顺从;奉承,屈从于上级。;睡在装有脚轮的矮床上。
to behave in a submissive way; to fawn or yield to someone in authority
在脚轮上滚动或移动;滚动。
To roll or move upon truckles, or casters; to trundle.
行为顺从;奉承,屈从于上级。
To act in a submissive manner; to fawn, submit to a superior.
睡在装有脚轮的矮床上。
To sleep in a truckle bed.
一般现在时
He truckles to authority.
他屈从于权威。
一般过去时
She truckled to her boss's demands.
她屈从于老板的要求。
现在进行时
They are truckling to the rich investors.
他们正在讨好富有的投资者。
规则动词,意为屈从或讨好。
He refuses to truckle to the manager and always defends his team.
他拒绝屈从于经理,总是为团队辩护。
用法提示:truckle 为动词原形,表示“屈从;讨好”,后接介词 to。
She truckled to the committee only to have her plan rejected.
她屈从于委员会,结果计划还是被否决了。
用法提示:truckled 是 truckle 的过去式,表示“屈从;讨好”。
Stop truckling to the critics and trust your own judgment.
别再讨好批评者了,要相信自己的判断。
用法提示:truckling 是 truckle 的现在分词,这里表示“讨好;阿谀”。
最常用的搭配,带贬义,指为了讨好而卑躬屈膝;宾语通常是有权势的人或势力。
The young assistant truckled to every demand his manager made.
这位年轻助手对经理的每一个要求都唯命是从。
与 truckle to 意思相近,但用 before 时更强调在某人面前低声下气的姿态。
She refused to truckle before the committee.
她拒绝在委员会面前卑躬屈膝。
grammar · medium
易错句子He always truckles his boss to keep his job.
正确表达He always truckles to his boss to keep his job.
truckle 表示“屈从、谄媚”时是不及物动词,必须用介词 to 引出屈从的对象,即 truckle to sb;汉语“屈从某人”是动宾结构,学习者常直接接宾语而漏掉 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子His truckle attitude made everyone uncomfortable.
正确表达His truckling attitude made everyone uncomfortable.
truckle 只能作动词,不能直接放在名词前作定语;修饰名词需用现在分词 truckling,意为“谄媚的、顺从的”,相当于 submissive。
truckle 多指对上级一味顺从、谄媚,常带贬义,常与 to 连用;kowtow 原指叩头,强调因敬畏或压力而完全服从,语气更重,也可用于政治、职场等场合。
truckle 强调屈从、顺从,行为上低头;fawn 强调用言语或举动讨好、奉承,常与 over/on 连用,带有明显的谄媚色彩。
truckle 是动词,意为屈从或谄媚;trickle 指液体细流或人或物零星缓慢移动,拼写和发音相近但意义完全不同,注意别因形近而误用。
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