英语词汇“趋炎附势”的释义、用法及例句，是什么意思、怎么读-英汉词典-高三复习网

be a time-server (/a waiter upon Providence);be a follower of the rich and powerful;cater (/play up) to those in power;curry favour with the powerful;fawn on the influential; hail (/adore) the rising sun; jump on(/ride on/climb into/get into/be on) the bandwagon; serve the time (/hour); snobbish;sycophant
❍ 且说外面这些趋炎奉势的亲戚朋友，先前贾宅有事，都远避不来； …… (《红楼梦》1380) Those relatives and friends outside who had fawned on theJias when they were powerful had steered clear of them since hearing of their disgrace.
❍ 明知凌家湾对她不怀好意，因而地方上一般～的人，统统倒在他那边，董家源好像是这濯水地方的一个孤岛。(李六如《六十年的变迁》Ⅰ—26) She was well aware that Tong Jia Yuan was like a lonely island in an ocean of hostility for every snob in the country certainly sided with Ling’s Retreat.
❍ 李白既受到重视，如身在天士，即成为所谓“青云之士”，一时～的人都来甘拜后尘了。(郭沫若《李白与杜甫》 168) Li Bai was so favoured by the emperor he became an “intellectual wrapped in purple clouds”，with a train of sycophants paying him homage.
❍ 大抵的人(“众鸟”)都在～(“集荣柯”)，少数穷途末路的人(“穷鱼”) 穷得没有出路 (“守枯池”)。(郭沫若《李白与杜甫》175) People in general (ordinary birds) tend to gather around men of power and wealth while destitute folk(poor fish) remain without resources for ever.

趋炎附势

curry favor with the powerful;hang on to the influential;play up to those in power

趋炎附势qū yán fù shì

趋：迎合；炎：热，比喻有权势的人。比喻奉承、投靠有权势的人。play up to those in power, serve the time, hail the rising sun, serve the hour, climb on the bandwagon