校園口語第七十一課:各種拍馬屁（二）[

1. He started sucking up to the boss as soon as he got on board.
他一來公司就開始拍老闆的馬屁。
suck up to:巴結，奉承

2. The professor likes her because she knows how to please him.
教授喜歡她是因爲她知道怎麼討好他。

3. She's very good at paying lip service.
她很會講一些言不由衷的好聽話。
pay lip service：說好聽的話

4. Everyone in this company knows that he's trying to curry favor with the board of the directors.
公司裏的每一個人都知道他想要巴結董事會。
try to curry favor with：拉關係，巴結
the board of the directors:董事會，也可直接說the board