| 释义 |
●curry ˈfavour (with sb) (BrE) (NAmE curry ˈfavor (with sb)) (disapproving) try to get sb to like or support you by praising or helping them a lot 讨好；奉承；拍马屁◆They have lowered taxes in an attempt to curry favour with the voters.
为了讨好选民，他们已经降低了税收。 ORIGIN Curry in this phrase means to groom (= clean and comb) a horse. The phrase was originally ‘curry favel ’ (= a light brown horse that was thought to be clever and dishonest) and came to mean to try to please somebody who might be useful to you, especially by doing or saying things that you do not mean or believe. * curry 在这个短语中的意思是“给马刷拭”。这个短语的原形是 curry favel （狡猾且不诚实的浅棕色马），后来指试图讨好可能对自己有用的人，尤指通过做违心的事或说一些言不由衷的话。 |