单词 | toadyism |
释义 | toadyism|ˈtəʊdɪɪz(ə)m| [f. toady n. + -ism.] The action or behaviour of a parasite or sycophant; mean and interested servility.
1840Marryat Olla Podr. (Rtldg.) 303 A person of her consequence could never exist without..toadyism. 1857Hughes Tom Brown i. viii, By dint of his command of money,..and his adroit toadyism, he managed to make himself..rather popular. 1898Bealby & Hearn Sven Hedin's Through Asia I. 247 He would lash..everything that savoured of toadyism and servility. |

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