凯瑟琳升职记:入职篇之他总是拍老板的马屁

最近公司里一个员工得到升职，而且薪水也涨了不少。同事Tom对此事颇为不解，到Catherine跟前讨论这件事，因为他认为应该得到升职的是自己。Catherine到觉得人家升职应该是工作做的好吧，不过Tom对此事一脸的不屑，小声对Catherine说：You know what, he always kisses up to our boss. 这可使Catherine大吃一惊。

Catherine: Do you mean he always kisses the boss?
凯瑟琳：你是说他总是亲老板？

Tom: Oh, my, you'd better kill me! I said he always kisses up to the boss. kiss up to sb. means to try to please sb. excessively¹ in order to get something.
珍妮：哦，老天！你还是杀了我吧。我说的是他总是kisses up to the boss，这里kiss up to sb.指的是奉承某人，拍马屁。
He always kisses up to the boss. 他总是拍老板的马屁。

kiss up to sb.意思是”拍某人的马屁，巴结某人“，意思同fawn on sb.，或者叫polish the apple，帮别人擦苹果，把苹果擦的亮亮的，这种举止是不是很有点故意献殷勤的味道？所以，如果你见到某人为了得到利益而一位逢迎取巧，拍上级的马屁，那么你就可以私下里对同事发泄一番，说This guy always kisses up to the boss.这家伙总是拍老板的马屁。

【英语情景剧】

Carl：I can't believe it! I heard the laziest guy in our company has been promoted. Ridiculous!
卡尔：我简直不敢相信，听说我们公司那个最懒的家伙升职了。真实荒唐！

Amanda：Forget it! He always kisses up to the boss.
阿曼达：算了！他总是拍老板的马屁。
 

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ad.过多地，过分地

参考例句：

• The doctor advised him not to drink excessively. 医生劝他不要饮酒过度。
• He became excessively annoyed at〔with〕 newspaper reports. 他对报纸上的报道极为恼火。