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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > brown nosing
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Табуированная лексика: подхалимаж -
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1) Общая лексика: соглашательство2) Табуированная лексика: чрезмерная похвала -
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[`braʊn`nəʊsɪŋ]соглашательствоАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > brown nosing
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I n AmE vulg slII vi AmE vulg slThat brown nose actually gave the boss a bottle of sham for her birthday — Этот подхалим подарил начальнице на день рождения бутылку шампанского
III vt AmE vulg slHe keeps brown nosing and the professor pretends not to notice — Он продолжает заниматься подхалимажем, а преподаватель делает вид, что ничего не замечает
The way he brown noses his superiors is utterly disgusting — Противно смотреть, как он лижет задницу начальству
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1) Общая лексика: подлизываться2) Разговорное выражение: льстец, угодничать, заискивать ( перед кем-л.)3) Ругательство: подлизываться к начальству, учащийся - любимчик учителей4) Табуированная лексика: подхалимничать, чрезмерно хвалить5) Идиоматическое выражение: лебезить перед (кем-л.) (Nobody in the office likes him very much. He's always brown-nosing the boss.) -
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1. a подобострастный, раболепный2. a редк. послушный, исполнительныйСинонимический ряд:1. fawning (adj.) bootlicking; brown-nosing; deferential; fawning; flattering; ingratiatory; kowtowing; menial; obeisant; servile; slavish; sycophantic; toad-eating2. groveling (adj.) cringing; crouching; groveling; grovelling; mealy-mouthed; spineless; subservient; toadying; toadyish; truckling3. sneaking (adj.) oily; sneaking; unctuous4. submissive (adj.) compliant; enslaved; pleasant; respectful; subject; submissive; subordinateАнтонимический ряд:assertive; assuming; audacious; bold; brazen; confident; contemptuous; defiant; domineering; factious; haughty; headstrong; imperious -
10 subservient
1. a раболепный, подобострастный2. a служащий средством, содействующий; полезный3. a подчинённыйСинонимический ряд:1. auxiliary (adj.) accessory; adjuvant; ancillary; appurtenant; auxiliary; contributory; subsidiary2. deferential (adj.) accepting; compliant; deferential; docile; obedient; passive; prostrate; resigned; submissive3. menial (adj.) menial; obeisant; obsequious; servile; slavish4. subordinate (adj.) abject; brown-nosing; collateral; dependent; groveling; inferior; secondary; subject; subordinate; unassertiveАнтонимический ряд:dominant; superior -
11 unassertive
a скромный, застенчивыйСинонимический ряд:subordinate (adj.) abject; brown-nosing; deferential; groveling; inferior; servile; submissive; subordinate; subservient
См. также в других словарях:
brown-nosing — noun [uncountable] Thesaurus: to try hard to please or impress someonesynonym Main entry: brown nose … Useful english dictionary
brown-nosing — N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you accuse someone of brown nosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support. [RUDE] He d pushed his way to his present moderate eminence by a… … English dictionary
brown-nosing — See: brown nose … English dictionary
brown-nose — /brown nohz /, v., brown nosed, brown nosing, n. Slang. v.i. 1. to curry favor; behave obsequiously. v.t. 2. to seek favors from (a person) in an obsequious manner; fawn over. n. 3. Also, brown noser. a toady; sycophant. Cf. ass kissing. [1935… … Universalium
brown-nose — (v.) also brownnose, 1939, American English colloquial, said to be military slang originally, from BROWN (Cf. brown) + NOSE (Cf. nose) (n.), from the implication that servility is tantamount to having one s nose in the anus of the person from… … Etymology dictionary
brown-nose — ☆ brown nose [broun′nōz΄ ] vt., vi. brown nosed, brown nosing [from the image of currying favor by kissing someone s buttocks] Slang to seek favor or approval from (someone) by obsequious behavior; fawn (on) n. Slang one who brown noses: also… … English World dictionary
brown-nose — brown ,nose verb intransitive or transitive INFORMAL to try very hard to please someone important or powerful, for example by agreeing with them all the time, in a way that annoys other people: He had just brown nosed his way to the top. ╾ brown … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
brown-nose — v [I and T] informal to try to make someone in authority like you by being very nice to them used in order to show disapproval >brown noser n >brown nosing n [U] … Dictionary of contemporary English
brown nose — When someone tries to make themselves popular with somebody, usually in a position of authority, especially by flattering them, they are brown nosing … The small dictionary of idiomes
brown-nose — verb flatter with the intention of getting something • Syn: ↑butter up • Hypernyms: ↑flatter, ↑blandish • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody Sam cannot brown nose Sue * * * … Useful english dictionary
brown-nose — UK / US verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms brown nose : present tense I/you/we/they brown nose he/she/it brown noses present participle brown nosing past tense brown nosed past participle brown nosed informal, showing disapproval to try… … English dictionary