| 单词 | time-pleaser |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime-pleaser time-pleaser n. now rare = time-server n. 2a. ΚΠ 1590 R. Greene Neuer too Late ii. sig. B4 Flattering Gnatos, that only are time pleasers and trencher friends. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) ii. iii. 142 The diu'll a Puritane that hee is, or any thing constantly but a time-pleaser . View more context for this quotation 1758 R. Wallace Char. Present State Great Brit. p. xvi They will..boldly maintain, against all flatterers and time-pleasers, that the people of Great Britain have a right to take notice of errors in the administration. 1835 Woman I. iv. 149 As time-pleasers sprung up, and multiplied like locusts, Mammon by degrees became triumphant. 1899 Westm. Rev. Aug. 120 His incongruity on this question alone would be ample evidence to characterise him as a mere time-pleaser. 1988 B. Rosen in S. Homan Shakespeare & Triple Play xi. 191 In the pursuit of power Edmund, initially a rather likable and talkative tough, becomes a servile gigolo and time-pleaser. < as lemmas |
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