curry favor

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curry favor 的定义

  1. “Currying favor” with someone means trying to ingratiate oneself by fawning over that person: “The ambassador curried favor with the dictator by praising his construction projects.”

curry favor 近义词

v. 动词 verb

butter up

更多curry favor例句

  1. Thirty-six percent were in favor and 38 percent were opposed.
  2. Finally, he takes us behind the scenes into how Obama came out in favor of marriage equality that same year.
  3. So, why would a species like the banded mongoose favor breeding between relatives?
  4. Were the smugglers doing you a favor making it nearly impossible to bring any hope?
  5. This has won the Cuban rum no fans in Washington, which has shown favor for Bacardi in the past.
  6. At the reserve bank they may borrow as a standing right and not as a favor which may be cut off.
  7. His boyish suspenders had been put away in favor of a belt, which was tight-drawn about his slim waist.
  8. Factors which favor an early deposit are high acidity, diminished urinary pigments, and excessive excretion of uric acid.
  9. Edna was a trifle embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman's favor.
  10. The situation may be altogether in favor of the employer or altogether in favor of the men, or may occupy a middle ground.