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ingratiatory

/in-grey-shee-eyt/US // ɪnˈgreɪ ʃiˌeɪt //UK // (ɪnˈɡreɪʃɪˌeɪt) //

趋炎附势,谄媚,讨好,讨好性

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v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    in·gra·ti·at·ed, in·gra·ti·at·ing.

    • : to establish in the favor or good graces of someone, especially by deliberate effort: He ingratiated himself with all the guests.She ingratiated her colleagues with her well-researched project proposal.

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  • Whatever his background, Peltz allegedly managed to ingratiate himself with Hammond, who started at Bloomberg in 2015.

  • I attempted to ingratiate myself, politely stood up to her and let the tears fall as she insulted me.

  • Perhaps he hopes to ingratiate himself with the Taliban as US and Western influence wanes.

  • What motivated that leak though was a need to ingratiate himself to the people of Hong Kong and China.

  • They ingratiate themselves with the Nationalists instead of supporting their own.

  • “We tried incredibly hard to ingratiate ourselves to Sarah Palin and her family,” said Broomfield in an interview.

  • Patricia Kluge tried to ingratiate herself with her neighbor the queen, but was continually snubbed.

  • De Luynes presented her at court with instructions to ingratiate herself with the queen—Anne of Austria—and the king.

  • I did my utmost to ingratiate myself with her, for I knew that if any one could obtain the information I required she would do so.

  • In my opinion, you came simply to ingratiate yourself with Mr. Murray, and your conduct to-day has proved it.

  • He would show an interest in the family and ingratiate himself in that way; he would be asking after the children next.

  • He felt that he was taking an unreasoning dislike for the apologising Thomas, so anxious to ingratiate himself.