She gave a fawning smile to the manager, hoping to get a promotion. 她对经理露出谄媚的笑容,希望能得到升职。
The courtiers surrounded the king with fawning compliments, each trying to outdo the other in their display of exaggerated loyalty and admiration. 朝臣们用阿谀奉承的赞美围绕着国王,每个人都试图在夸张的忠诚和仰慕表现上胜过对方。
莎士比亚在《裘力斯凯撒》(Julius Caesar)中使用了 fawn 一词,描写那些在权贵面前卑躬屈膝的人:"That every like is not the same, O Caesar, / The heart of Brutus yearns to think upon!" 剧中多处刻画了谄媚者的形象。