sycophancy

基本解释

Of course, it all has to be done well; sycophancy and flat jokes do not weave the same spell.
当然，这里面必须讲求技巧。一味溜须拍马，开一些干巴巴的玩笑，不会产生同样的魔力。
The problem with sycophancy isn’t so much that it’s offensive to watch, but that it’s a lousy business strategy.
拍马屁做法的错误之处并不在看起来有多么愚蠢，而是它本身是一个糟糕的商业策略。
The fashion business is, after all, a part of the entertainment industry, where sycophancy, exaggeration and gushing insincerity are not unknown.
毕竟，时装业是娱乐业的一个组成部分，而在娱乐界，阿谀奉承，夸大其词和虚伪做作并非罕见。

Sycophancy is said to be the party's reigning passion, diktat its chief means of making decisions.
ECONOMIST: India
It is a channel whose evening news bulletins exude pro-government sycophancy.
ECONOMIST: Italy
Partly because the press feels guilty at the moment: aware that it hounded John Major and his government, ashamed of its initial sycophancy towards Mr Blair.
ECONOMIST: The hounding of Geoffrey Robinson