suck up

1. PHRASAL VERB 奉承;巴结;拍马屁
   You say that someone is sucking up to a person in authority when you do not like the fact that they are trying to please the person because of the person's position.
   1. She kept sucking up to the teachers, especially Mrs Clements.
      她不停地巴结老师，尤其是克莱门特夫人。

1. She kept sucking up to the teachers, especially Mrs Clements.
   她不停地巴结老师，尤其是克莱门特夫人。
2. Her young ones also suck up blood: and where the slain are, there is she.
   它的雏也咂血。被杀的人在那里。
3. And remember, if you are uncomfortable talking with strangers, your new contact may be just as uncomfortable. 6. Stoke GetWord(" Stoke"); the ego, but don't suck up GetWord(" suck up");.
   并且要记住，如果你对于和陌生人交谈感到不舒服，那么你的新朋友也会有同样不舒服的感觉。
4. Some are worried that Alibaba literally will suck up too many investment dollars, given that bankers expect it to raise around half of the entire 2014 IPO volume.
   有些公司担心阿里巴巴会吸走太多投资资金，银行家们预计，阿里巴巴获得的投资资金将占到2014年IPO总额的一半左右。
5. They have to be careful not to suck up young fish or other small creatures.
   他们必须非常小心，保证不要吸入幼小的鱼类和其他小生物。
6. Stop digging through menus to quickly turn off features that suck up your battery. One tool will do the trick: the Power Control widget.
   不用细究菜单便可迅速关闭那些耗费电量的功能，有一个工具能够帮到你&电量控制工具。
7. I can't stand the way that you suck up to her.
   你老拍她的马屁，这种作法可真让我受不了。
8. Patients with various bronchial blockages, asthma and breathing problems are sent to the mines by the Solotvyno's allergological hospital to suck up the curative air.
   Solotvyno变应性疾病医院将有各种支气管堵塞、哮喘和呼吸疾病的患者送到这些矿井，吸收有疗效的空气。
9. You can suck up all you wish once I'm warm.
   你可以收回所有的希望一旦我暖和了。
10. A few weeks ago, for example, I learned that collapsing stars called black holes may soon suck up all the matter in the universe.
    几个星期前，例如，我了解到被称为黑洞的崩溃的恒星可能不久吸进这个宇宙中所有的东西。
11. A dozen internal tractor beams suck up huge molecular furnace capable of breaking down or converting virtually any substance into useful materials.
    十二部内置牵引光束吸收地表物质，为一台巨大的足以把任何物质分解并转化为有用材料的分子熔炉提供生产资料。
12. With oil prices also falling, to depend on Middle Eastern or Russian markets would be false hope, as would be to wait for the US and Europe to stimulate consumption and suck up exports.
    鉴于油价也在下跌，指望中东或俄罗斯市场将是一个幻想，就像等待美国和欧洲刺激消费并吸纳出口一样。
13. If you want to suck up to you teacher, the first thing you should do is to have perfect attendance unless you have an excused absent.
    如果你想赢得老师的好感，首先你需要做的就是保证良好的出勤，除非你有借口缺席。
14. What they had to do at Brookhaven was drill monitoring wells and suck up the water.
    他们必须要在，Brookhaven做的就是钻，检测的井并抽完水。
15. Farmers in certain states can still drill wells to suck up groundwater, and tree plantations absorb a lot of rainwater that would otherwise find its way into the river.
    一些州的农民仍然可以通过打井来吸起地下水，而且人工林吸收了大量本可以流向河中的雨水。
16. A whirlwind is small in size and may suck up sand and dust as it moves over the surface of the Earth.
    旋风的范围小，当它在地球表面移过时，可以吸进沙和灰尘。
17. It never hurts to suck up to the boss.
    教条33－谄媚老板没有坏处。
18. Never use a vacuum to suck up water or to vacuum a wet animal.
    绝对不要用吸尘器去吸水或是去清理一匹湿漉漉的马。
19. Now joey, you go down there and you suck up to him.
    乔伊，现在你得去拍他的马屁。
20. If we are willing to suck up to the organ grinder, it is hypocritical to keep the monkey in prison.
    如果我们愿意奉承街头艺人，却把猴子关在监狱里，那是一种伪善。
21. Plants suck up moisture from the earth.
    植物从地里吸收水分。
22. What, do you think the association pays me to suck up to these people?
    什么你认为委员会给我钱去巴结那些人？
23. The cleverest students can suck up as much knowledge as you can give them.
    最聪明的学生能够接受所传授的一切知识。
24. In the long-distance races, they suck up to leaders through all means, and make emotional investments, like providing hospitality, gifts and help to solve problems of their bosses.
    在长跑中，他们会通过各种手段巴结奉承领导，并且会进行人情投资，比如招待上司、送礼以及帮助上司解决问题。
25. Officials say the thief cut a small hole in the store's window and then used a vacuum cleaner to suck up the goods.
    警察说小偷在商店的橱窗上钻了一个洞，然后用真空吸尘器吸走了珠宝。
26. So you don't have to suck up to him as much as the rest.
    所以你不用像拍其他人的马屁一样去巴结他。
27. We despise toadied who suck up to their bosses; they are generally the same people who bully their subordinates.
    我们鄙视那些曲意逢迎上司的人，这些人通常会恃强凌弱地对待他们的下属。
28. Globalisation allowed the US to suck up the savings of the rest of the world and consume more than it produced.
    全球化使美国可以吸取全球其它地区的储蓄，并消费高出自身产出的物品。
29. Although blind and deaf he can suck up as much knowledge as those who can see and hear.
    尽管又聋又瞎，他却能和正常人一样领会知识。
30. Instead, they pump digestive fluids into their prey, then suck up the dissolved body parts.
    因此它们向他们的猎物中注入消化液，这种消化液溶解猎物的身体供蜘蛛吸食。

  flatter butter up suck up toady【导航词义：奉承】

  flatter v. 奉承，讨好

〔辨析〕指为了取悦某人或得到好处而赞扬某人，常含言不由衷之意。

  butter up phr. v. 〈非正式〉奉承，讨好

〔辨析〕指为了让别人帮自己做事而对其说好话。

  suck up phr. v. 〈贬，非正式〉奉承，巴结

〔辨析〕指为了得到好处而取悦当权者，对其说很多好话或帮其做事，常后接介词 to。

  toady v. 〈贬〉谄媚，奉承

〔辨析〕指为了能得到帮助而为有权势的人做事或假装对其欣赏、尊敬、友善等，常后接介词 to。

verb

1. try to gain favor by cringing or flattering
   1. He is always kowtowing to his boss

   Synonym:    fawntoadytrucklebootlickkowtowkotow

2. take in, also metaphorically
   1. The sponge absorbs water well
   2. She drew strength from the minister's words

   Synonym:    absorbsuckimbibesoak upsop updrawtake intake up

3. ingratiate oneself to
   1. She is playing up to the chairman

   Synonym:    cozy upcotton upshine upplay upsidle up