出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 中国对外翻译出版公司《汉英成语词典》第184页(261字)
巴结奉承,讨好别人,例有人为求升官发财,对上司百般阿谀逢迎而丑态百出,实令人不齿。
Those who want nothing more than promotion and riches,do everything to curry favour with their superiors.They make such a spectacle of themselves that it makes one sick.