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smarmily adverb informaldisapprovinguk /ˈsmɑː.məl.i/ us /ˈsmɑːr.məl.i/ in a smarmy way (= extremely polite in a way that is annoying): 迎合地,巴结地;过于殷勤地 "Certainly, sir," he replied smarmily.“当然可以,先生,”他殷勤地回答道。 He smarmily hands Eve his business card when he meets her.当他见到伊芙时,他点头哈腰地向她递上他的名片。 See
smarmy He plays a smarmily ambitious TV personality. It takes guts to partner smarmily self-confident ballroom dancing professionals. "I feel privileged to have met you," he said smarmily. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases Affected & insincere affectation affected affectedly archly artificial feyness forced forcedly fustian glib phony-baloney piously ponce ponce about/around posey sugary super-smooth superslick talk the talk ... walk the walkidiom theatricality |