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sycophant n.马屁精 sycophant (n.) 1530s (in Latin form sycophanta), "informer, talebearer, slanderer," from Middle French sycophante and directly from Latin sycophanta, from Greek sykophantes "false accuser, slanderer," literally "one who shows the fig," from sykon "fig" (see fig) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). "Showing the fig" was a vulgar gesture made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, itself symbolic of a vagina (sykon also meant "vulva"). The modern accepted explanation is that prominent politicians in ancient Greece held aloof from such inflammatory gestures, but privately urged their followers to taunt their opponents. The sense of "mean, servile flatterer" is first recorded in English 1570s.The explanation, long current, that it orig. meant an informer against the unlawful exportation of figs cannot be substantiated. [OED] 【记】see cop + 音：汗，看见警察就流汗，吓得，然后赶紧拍马，以免被开罚单；psycho + fan 疯狂的仰慕者，对偶像猛拍马

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['sikəfənt] 【英】 n.马屁精 (a servile self-seeking flatterer)【考】 libertine : dissolute / rival : competition / sycophant : flattery(fawn)/ miser :hoard / dandy : preen / extortionist : intimidation / pundit : opinion / narcissist : self-absorb/(放荡者放荡/竞争者 竞争/谄媚者谄媚/吝 啬鬼储藏/花花公子打 扮/敲-诈者恐吓/博学 者主张/自我陶醉者陶醉)【记】 syco(无花果)+phant( 显现); 原意为献上无花果→ 拍马者 n. 马屁精(奴颜婢膝追求个人私利通过谄媚来获得好处的人)【记】读: 塞口饭t－塞我一口饭吧, 求求你了, 美女! －拍马者【类】libertine: dissolute = rival: competition = sycophant: flattery[fawn, obsequious] = miser: hoard = dandy: preen = extortionist: intimidation = pundit: opinion = narcissist: self-absorbed = reprobate: misbehave = malcontent: complaint = querulous: complain = rebellious: resurgent = recidivist: relapse放荡者放荡 = 竞争者竞争 = 谄媚者谄媚 = 吝啬鬼储藏 = 花花公子打扮 = 敲诈者恐吓 = 博学者主张 = 自我陶醉者陶醉 = 恶棍为恶 = 不满者抱怨 = 发牢骚的抱怨 = 反叛的复活 = 累犯复发frugal: penurious = deferent: sycophantic节俭的就是吝啬的 = 恭敬的就是奉承的

单词	sycophant
音标	['sikəfənt]
解释	n.马屁精
红宝书	【英】 n.马屁精 (a servile self-seeking flatterer) 【考】 libertine : dissolute / rival : competition / sycophant : flattery(fawn)/ miser :hoard / dandy : preen / extortionist : intimidation / pundit : opinion / narcissist : self-absorb/(放荡者放荡/竞争者竞争/谄媚者谄媚/吝啬鬼储藏/花花公子打扮/敲-诈者恐吓/博学者主张/自我陶醉者陶醉) 【记】 syco(无花果)+phant( 显现); 原意为献上无花果→ 拍马者
字源	sycophant (n.) 1530s (in Latin form sycophanta), "informer, talebearer, slanderer," from Middle French sycophante and directly from Latin sycophanta, from Greek sykophantes "false accuser, slanderer," literally "one who shows the fig," from sykon "fig" (see fig) + phainein "to show" (see phantasm). "Showing the fig" was a vulgar gesture made by sticking the thumb between two fingers, a display which vaguely resembles a fig, itself symbolic of a vagina (sykon also meant "vulva"). The modern accepted explanation is that prominent politicians in ancient Greece held aloof from such inflammatory gestures, but privately urged their followers to taunt their opponents. The sense of "mean, servile flatterer" is first recorded in English 1570s. The explanation, long current, that it orig. meant an informer against the unlawful exportation of figs cannot be substantiated. [OED]
不择手段背单词	n. 马屁精(奴颜婢膝追求个人私利通过谄媚来获得好处的人) 【记】读: 塞口饭t－塞我一口饭吧, 求求你了, 美女! －拍马者【类】libertine: dissolute = rival: competition = sycophant: flattery[fawn, obsequious] = miser: hoard = dandy: preen = extortionist: intimidation = pundit: opinion = narcissist: self-absorbed = reprobate: misbehave = malcontent: complaint = querulous: complain = rebellious: resurgent = recidivist: relapse放荡者放荡 = 竞争者竞争 = 谄媚者谄媚 = 吝啬鬼储藏 = 花花公子打扮 = 敲诈者恐吓 = 博学者主张 = 自我陶醉者陶醉 = 恶棍为恶 = 不满者抱怨 = 发牢骚的抱怨 = 反叛的复活 = 累犯复发frugal: penurious = deferent: sycophantic节俭的就是吝啬的 = 恭敬的就是奉承的
趣味全助记	【记】see cop + 音：汗，看见警察就流汗，吓得，然后赶紧拍马，以免被开罚单；psycho + fan 疯狂的仰慕者，对偶像猛拍马

Sycophant N.马屁精 Servile Dissolute Competition Preen Intimidation Opinion