1620s, from sycophant + -cy, or else from Latin sycophantia, from Greek sykophantia "false accusation, slander; conduct of a sycophant," from sykophantes.
雙語例句
1. He was free from all sycophancy or obsequiousness in the face of the reactionary ruling class.
他在反動統(tǒng)治階級面前沒有絲毫的奴顏與媚骨.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
2. Sycophancy was the device of the least trustworthy.
阿諛奉承之輩最不可靠.
來自辭典例句
3. What weakness is it that you can never tolerate? --- Sycophancy and servile flattery.
你最不能容忍的缺點是什么? ---- 奴顏婢膝.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
4. There has ever been and ever will be found sycophancy on the side of power.