英语词汇“curry favor, to”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

curry favor

To ingratiate oneself to someone Flattery won't work; the only way of currying favor with him is through hard work.

curry favor

Seek gain or advancement by fawning or flattery, as in Edith was famous for currying favor with her teachers. This expression originally came from the Old French estriller fauvel, "curry the fallow horse," a beast that in a 14th-century allegory stood for duplicity and cunning. It came into English about 1400 as curry favel-that is, curry (groom with a currycomb) the animal-and in the 1500s became the present term.

curry favor

To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery.

curry favor, to

To flatter insincerely in order to get ahead. The term, which has been known since the sixteenth century, comes from a fourteenth-century satirical romance about a horse named Fauvel. This horse was a symbol of cunning bestiality, and to curry (groom) it meant that one was enlisting its services of duplicity and other nasty traits. The English version of Fauvel at first was favel, which by the sixteenth century had been corrupted into “favor.”

curry favor

To ingratiate oneself through flattery or a willingness to please. “Curry” has nothing to do with the spice—it means to groom, as in the horse-keeping currycomb tool. One of the definitions of “stroke” is “suck up to,” and the image is similar—to get on a person's good side, whether or not flattery is warranted. “Favor” was originally “Fauvel,” the donkey who was the rogue hero of a 14th-century French romance. The image of grooming the beast to get on its good side or to win its favor is now the modern use of the word in the phrase.

词汇	curry favor, to
释义	curry favor To ingratiate oneself to someone Flattery won't work; the only way of currying favor with him is through hard work. curry favor Seek gain or advancement by fawning or flattery, as in Edith was famous for currying favor with her teachers. This expression originally came from the Old French estriller fauvel, "curry the fallow horse," a beast that in a 14th-century allegory stood for duplicity and cunning. It came into English about 1400 as curry favel-that is, curry (groom with a currycomb) the animal-and in the 1500s became the present term. curry favor To seek or gain favor by fawning or flattery. curry favor, to To flatter insincerely in order to get ahead. The term, which has been known since the sixteenth century, comes from a fourteenth-century satirical romance about a horse named Fauvel. This horse was a symbol of cunning bestiality, and to curry (groom) it meant that one was enlisting its services of duplicity and other nasty traits. The English version of Fauvel at first was favel, which by the sixteenth century had been corrupted into “favor.” curry favor To ingratiate oneself through flattery or a willingness to please. “Curry” has nothing to do with the spice—it means to groom, as in the horse-keeping currycomb tool. One of the definitions of “stroke” is “suck up to,” and the image is similar—to get on a person's good side, whether or not flattery is warranted. “Favor” was originally “Fauvel,” the donkey who was the rogue hero of a 14th-century French romance. The image of grooming the beast to get on its good side or to win its favor is now the modern use of the word in the phrase.
随便看	agreed agreed in principle agreed on Agreed To agreed to differ agreed to disagree agreed upon agreed with agreeing agreeing in principle agreeing on agreeing to agreeing to differ agreeing to disagree agreeing upon agreeing with agree in principle agreement agreement in principle agreements a greenback a green back a green-back a greenie a green light 咸宁温泉万豪温泉谷碧桂园凤凰温泉三江森林温泉叠水湾温泉咸宁碧桂园温泉瑶池温泉太乙温泉太乙国际温泉度假村楚天瑶池温泉度假村袁捷袁改袁政袁敦礼袁敦禮袁文会袁文俊袁文化袁文娜袁文平 2021温州雁荡山景区对中高考生免费开放温州乐清市适合亲子游玩的地方推荐温州最佳旅游时间，几月份去温州最好？温州雁荡山怎么去，雁荡山交通指南张掖七彩丹霞景区开闭园时间盘点！千万别错过了温州十大必玩景点，温州旅游必玩景点温州哪些地方可以看海？温州南麂列岛大沙岙沙滩旅游指南温州渔寮金沙滩旅游指南温州五马街好玩吗？有什么景点？咖喱工房(黄浦店) 面太郎居酒屋季诺烘焙坊思得客(广元西路店) 味千拉面(天钥桥店) 爵士牛排餐厅葡吉旭日屋(蒲汇塘路店) 莎拂利(黄浦店) 莎拂利(静安店)