英语词汇“pay court to”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

pay court to

Pay flattering attention to (someone) in order to win favour: statesmen came to pay the king court and ask for alliances...

He does not tell the women he pays court to in England about his forlorn Irish sweetheart.
Voltaire learnt from this mistake, and preferred to pay court to the other great enlightened despot of the age, Catherine II of Russia, from a safe distance and only in writing.
Otherwise, I should think I were paying court to a veritable shrew.

Synonyms

homage, deference, obedience, suit, courtship, blandishments, respects, attention, addresses;

(pay court to) woo, court, make up to, make advances to, pursue, seek the favour of;

grovel to, creep to, crawl to, bow and scrape to, toady to, be obsequious to, be servile to, be sycophantic to, abase oneself to, demean oneself to, defer to, ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with, fawn on, flatter, dance attendance on, truckle to, submit to

informal suck up to, lick someone's boots, butter up

North American informal brown-nose

Australian/New Zealand informal smoodge to

vulgar slang kiss the arse of

See parent entry: court

单词	pay court to
释义	pay court to Pay flattering attention to (someone) in order to win favour: statesmen came to pay the king court and ask for alliances... He does not tell the women he pays court to in England about his forlorn Irish sweetheart. Voltaire learnt from this mistake, and preferred to pay court to the other great enlightened despot of the age, Catherine II of Russia, from a safe distance and only in writing. Otherwise, I should think I were paying court to a veritable shrew. Synonyms homage, deference, obedience, suit, courtship, blandishments, respects, attention, addresses; (pay court to) woo, court, make up to, make advances to, pursue, seek the favour of; grovel to, creep to, crawl to, bow and scrape to, toady to, be obsequious to, be servile to, be sycophantic to, abase oneself to, demean oneself to, defer to, ingratiate oneself with, curry favour with, fawn on, flatter, dance attendance on, truckle to, submit to informal suck up to, lick someone's boots, butter up North American informal brown-nose Australian/New Zealand informal smoodge to vulgar slang kiss the arse of See parent entry: court
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