pickthank
/pik-thangk/US // ˈpɪkˌθæŋk //
挑剔的人,挑选感谢,挑剔的感谢,挑选感谢信
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
Archaic.
- : a person who seeks favor by flattery or gossip; sycophant.
Examples
Le Mercier was a pickthank, angling after the favor of La Pompadour,—a pretentious knave, as hollow as one of his own mortars.
So there came in three witnesses; to wit, Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
Three witnesses were then called: Envy, Superstition, and Pickthank.
It is at best but a pettifogging, pickthank business to decompose actions into little personal motives, and explain heroism away.
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