| 单词 | butter up |
| 例句 | There was no doubt that he was trying to butter up Dad; he even started to laugh like him, a Santa Claus, Jr., with his “Ho, ho, ho.” I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Too bad she didn't realize I don't need to be buttered up. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z “That, my boy, is the front-page article for tomorrow’s paper. Or at least it will be if I can butter up the head editor.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Trujillo had announced we were going to have a free country—just like the Yanquis he was trying to butter up. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps we have been buttered up by the era of creature-related internet cuteness, but right now it feels as if we are all in the high chair, being spoon-fed processed slop. Frozen II: how Disney left other animation studios out in the cold 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z But success in art seems to be a lot more about knowing and buttering up a few people. David Bowie on His Favorite Artists 2016-01-14T05:00:00Z Asked why she'd broken off recording sessions to attend the Brits, the star replied: "I think I'm going to butter up some radio people!" Will.i.am reveals album cast list 2012-02-22T14:20:44Z Schumer played a lawyer for Cosby in the “court of public opinion,” buttering up the jury with dancing, pudding pops and sweaters. How 'Inside Amy Schumer' Pulled Off the Perfect Cosby Sketch 2015-05-27T04:00:00Z But Rose did know this: No amount of buttering up from Pelosi would change his mind about voting for her for speaker of the House. Max Rose came to Congress to do big things. But first, he has to do dumb things. 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z The story ends in a comedic turn, when we realize that she is being buttered up by a ghost recruiter. New Story Collections Reconsider History and Upend Tradition 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Night 1 will pull in many directions: Yes, Steely Dan will butter up the Outdoor Theatre and may draw some looky-loos curious about grandpa's music. One possible road map through Coachella, Weekend 1 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z El-Fayoumy butters up the judge and blurts inane objections; this buffoon is the play’s comic fail-safe, and Scott McCormick nails punch line after punch line. Forum Theatre’s ‘The Last Days of Judas Iscariot’ Kendall and Roman are to butter up their mother. Succession recap: season two, episode seven – deliciously twisted as ever 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z The series opens with an epigraph from Nietzsche—“Without music, life would be a mistake”—and soon finds Cornelius buttering up his talent with monumental slabs of creamy fat. “American Soul,” Reviewed: “Soul Train” and the Making of a Mogul 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z He maligned Macbeth in order to butter up his patron King James. Rehabilitate Macbeth for Scotland? If you want history, go to the library 2013-02-15T18:58:09Z When singing about searing indignities, that unctuous and unbothered voice of his makes it sound as if he’s just buttering up his adversary. New Music 2011-06-13T22:00:32Z Instead, they were hearing Silver butter up every Democratic club in the county. How Rep. Adam Schiff celebrated the fourth indictment of former President Trump 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z The con works like this: Victims are buttered up by the scammer for weeks and even months to gain the victim’s trust. Feds seize 6 crypto accounts linked to pig-butchering scam worth $112 million 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z Electric and gas utilities have used money collected from customers to lobby lawmakers, butter up regulators, and slow the shift to clean energy. Utilities use customer dollars to pay for their lobbying. Here’s how lawmakers can stop it 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z At the center: six cinnamon rolls that a candidate alleged had been used to butter up voters during the tight mayoral race in October. Close mayoral race wasn’t bought with cinnamon rolls, court rules 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z The dinner service for the banquet dates back to George IV - and the motives, buttering up visiting dignitaries, are even older. King Charles to host South African president in first state visit as monarch 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Just in case, he buttered up the locals like a Parker House roll. Wicked Rude: LIV XIV ready for a traditional Boston welcome 2022-06-15T04:00:00Z To get ahead, you can make the marinara base and roasted garlic butter up to a couple days before. Oyster season is almost here! Get ready with this cioppino recipe 2022-05-08T04:00:00Z Food prices are climbing sharply in Algeria, where shoppers say cooking oil and milk are so scarce that you need to butter up shopkeepers to get any. Algeria's cash crunch: 'Buying oil feels like buying drugs' 2022-03-28T04:00:00Z The company’s prepaid Connect plans launched in 2020 and were part of T-Mobile’s efforts to butter up regulators to allow its massive merger with Sprint to go through. T-Mobile’s new prepaid $10 per month Connect plan is its cheapest yet 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z But there is an almost universal expectation that he will, and Wednesday's right-wing cotillion may be a way to butter up crucial allies should he decide to run. Trump hosting fundraiser for Republican lawmakers at Mar-a-Lago estate 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z One of his senior advisors told me this last August when I arrived in Brussels, and I wondered whether it was as a cholesterol-enriched ploy to butter up the new British arrival. EU negotiator Barnier spills Brexit secrets in new book 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z The president later told vaccinators to “fire away” and buttered up one recipient by claiming his biceps were bigger than his own thighs. Biden tours pop-up vaccine clinic, offers pep talk and jokes 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z Republican members of the Senate appeared equally baffled, especially at Castor, who spent much of his time buttering up senators with compliments, praising the case made by Democrats and going on tangents. Trump, GOP senators balk at legal team’s debut performance 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z Some are questioning whether he buttered up to governments like China in return for massive donations to the organization. World Health Organization under the microscope: what went wrong with coronavirus? 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z "They are not enforcing the sanctions. They are not working as much as they should work for Ukraine," Zelensky said, buttering up Trump. The man who knows too much: Lev Parnas is the smoking gun on Ukraine scandal 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z It is ironic that President Trump is offering congressional Republicans play dates at Camp David “to butter up Republicans before the big impeachment vote.” Opinion | Camp David getaways are just another quid pro quo 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z At the same time, Trump worked to butter up voters as he described his supporters as the “super elite.” Trump lashes out against impeachment during Florida rally 2019-11-27T05:00:00Z Since then, Mulvaney and top White House officials have hosted weekend getaways for Republicans at the historic lodge, seeking to butter up Republicans before the big impeachment vote. Trump opens up Camp David as an ‘adult playground’ to woo GOP lawmakers during impeachment 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Bannon, as glib and charismatic as they come, takes full advantage of this, not neglecting to butter up the director by emphasizing how blown away he was by “Fog of War.” Review: In 'American Dharma,' Steve Bannon gleefully reflects on the election of President Trump 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Nice job by that one guy buttering up Erik by saying he likes them. British Open 2019: British Open contender gets absolutely grilled. . . about his pants - Golf Digest 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z It doesn’t get much more political than lobbyists buttering up members of Congress and a neophyte from a purist flank attempting to “primary” an established senator. The play ‘Kings’ is a comedy, but its lobbyists and politicians wield words like killers 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z He admires the forthrightness of French President François Mitterrand — “when I would call him about difficult problems, he would give me a straight answer” — whom he had buttered up during a visit to Kennebunkport. The memoir I wish George H.W. Bush had written 2018-12-01T05:00:00Z “It was part of a Chinese effort to butter up Trump early in his tenure.” Jack Ma scraps his pledge to create 1 million U.S. jobs. But was it ever serious? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z "It was part of a Chinese effort to butter up Trump early in his tenure." Jack Ma scraps his pledge to create a million U.S. jobs. But was it ever serious? 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Mall operators are responding in part by upgrading their food game and buttering up desirable restaurateurs with the favorable rent and other concessions that used to go to department stores. $100-million outdoor coastal mall replacing obsolete Long Beach hotel 2017-12-26T05:00:00Z If you think Marrone was just buttering up an opponent, though, he’s hardly alone in thinking Wilson is a legit MVP candidate. Russell Wilson takes his fourth-quarter comeback in the MVP race to Jacksonville 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z Negan buttered up Eugene by playing to the man’s superiority complex, and keeps Dwight around as an example of the punishment for disloyalty. Only The Walking Dead could make "all out war" feel flat-out boring 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z Experts say Trump wants to butter up Xi before trying to strike a deal over North Korea during his visit. 'Extraordinary elevation': Trump kowtows to kingpin Xi 2017-10-25T04:00:00Z For a little extra motivation, Schaffer has buttered up his offensive linemen in training camp. High school football notebook: St. John’s looks very much like a top-5 team 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z It was a horrible display of buttering up the boss, who lapped it up. Opinion | Why is Trump’s Cabinet treating him like a dictator? 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z From Russia’s Vladimir Putin to Egypt’s General Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi, Trump has gone out of his way to butter up foreign leaders who have trampled over the rights of their citizens. Trump’s troubling courting of authoritarian friends 2017-05-05T04:00:00Z Unlike other presidents, he almost never used these outings to butter up political adversaries or reward loyal allies. The Obamas leave a vivid image that will never fade 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z He also bought lots of goodwill by relentlessly befriending and buttering up admirals and other senior Navy officers, showering them with gifts and meals. Navy repeatedly dismissed evidence that ‘Fat Leonard’ was cheating the 7th Fleet 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Democrats say Mr. Putin unleashed a cyberwar on them to help the president-elect, essentially to butter up Mr. Trump. Donald Trump, James Mattis differ on Vladimir Putin, Russia 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z But Manila-based diplomats and scholars have characterized his comments as a shrewd negotiating technique, a way to butter up China without giving the United States the boot — yet. Duterte renounces U.S., declares Philippines will embrace China 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z Presidential candidates pick them as running mates to broaden their appeal to voters, or to butter up allies. An unplanned presidency 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z Facebook Twitter Pinterest The ‘Dangerous Love’ story features state worker ‘Little Li’ being buttered up by foreigner ‘David’ and eventually handing over official secrets’. Beware of 'Dangerous Love' with foreign spies, China tells its women 2016-04-19T04:00:00Z A couple of silly songs that could easily seem hokey — “That Man Over There,” referring to Kringle, and “My State, My Kansas,” an attempt to butter up a judge from that state — are unexpectedly appealing. A Review of ‘Miracle on 34th Street: The Musical’ 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z The days before an NFL game are usually reserved for buttering up an opponent – who wants to supply the other team with extra motivation? Is Kirk Cousins the answer for Washington? 2015-10-17T04:00:00Z Folks, let's be clear: However you may have been buttered up about it, there is no case for eating more "meat, butter and cheese." The Emperor Eats Cheese! 2015-09-28T04:00:00Z Watt, who is focused on helping the Texans get their first win after an 0-2 start, wasn’t exactly buttered up by the flattery from the quarterback. Tampa Bay’s Winston faces Texans team desperate for 1st win 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The Politico story claimed that Paul is “allergic” to buttering up big donors, and suggested that his campaign is chaotic. Why Is Rand Paul Winning on the Issues But Losing the Election? 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z Having been out of Parliament for seven years, he would need urgently to butter up the Tory MPs who select that shortlist. A peculiar messiah 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Since the current primary system began in 1972, Iowa voters have gotten used to a quadrennial parade of presidential candidates, who spend months buttering up Iowa caucus-goers in their dining rooms and coffee shops. Iowa Activists Are More Than 'Ready for Hillary' 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z Private media is often little better since it is owned by big businessmen whose interests usually lie in buttering up regimes. A guttering flame 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Of course, it doesn’t hurt to butter up the senior vice president of broadcasting and media operations, who determines which networks will air the most appealing matchups each year. NFL might not flex any Sunday night games in 2014 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z “I don’t believe in doctoring the butter up,” he says. How to Cook and Crack Open Lobster with Chef Ed McFarland 2014-08-29T04:00:00Z He now says he wants us to forget all about it and has set about trying to butter up City’s fans with a carefully stage-managed interview to the club’s official media. Louis van Gaal and Ronald Koeman require help from above to succeed 2014-08-16T04:00:00Z Use a knife or pastry cutter to chop the butter up into small cubes, no more than 1/4 inch/6 millimeters: Read 'Josey Baker Bread' and let your bread-baking beast out 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z But for the four-sevenths majority required for education reform, Bachelet will need to butter up independents or opposition legislators - from some of whom she has already received hints of backing. Chile's Bachelet promises reforms after landslide election win 2013-12-16T08:43:05Z Such heavy-handed interference brewed resentment, a blunder Yingluck is too canny to repeat, preferring negotiation and buttering up instead. Thai Military Stays Out of Protests 2013-12-10T08:50:21Z Maybe the odd road warrior looking to butter up a Japanese executive. Coach's Curious Pitch to Dudes: Baseball 2013-07-30T16:47:12Z Mr. Fitzgerald was a charismatic, adventurous type who would “butter up my mother” to let him sleep over at the Hartlings’ apartment or convince her to let Pat go out to the bars, he said. City Room: Long Ago, a Pilot Landed on an Uptown Street. That’s Where the Bar Was. 2013-06-04T22:47:30Z England managers generally get favourable press by winning matches rather than buttering up reporters. Yes, Harry Redknapp wheels and he deals but he also delivers 2013-03-30T22:00:04Z Giggs, in fairness, has never tried to butter up the occasion too much himself. Manchester United's marathon man: Ryan Giggs reaches a thousand games 2013-03-01T08:59:01Z It was too bad, the Republican nominee lamented, that he had to spend so much time buttering up donors, leaving him relatively little to woo voters. Campaign finance: Money trouble 2012-09-27T15:09:28Z He could well be buttering up to Mets management with a down payment. Cohen and Mets: What's His Game? 2012-02-23T23:26:38Z "There's friendly and there's buttering up," she said with regard to China policy. Tough calculus for Obama in Chinese leader's election-year visit 2012-02-13T06:11:01Z He quickly found out that England managers generally get good press by winning matches and inspiring confidence rather than buttering up reporters. Let England's fun and games begin in post-Fabio Capello era 2012-02-11T22:57:01Z He hasn't wasted one nano-joule of energy in buttering up the English press pack! The Fiver 2012-02-09T16:25:43Z “There,” she said, “when Sandy gets through lapping all that butter up, she ought to be proud to stay here, for butter’s forty cents a pound right now!” The Corner House Girls How they moved to Milton, what they found, and what they did 2012-02-03T03:00:26.090Z Helping butter up guests last night was a fine meal prepared by the staff of Daniel Boulud. Scene Last Night: Martha Stewart, Charles Royce, Church’s Olana 2012-01-19T16:33:01Z Purchases of the basics line also gained, with sales of unsalted butter up 82 percent and dried fruits up 30 percent as more Britons indulged in home baking, the retailer said. Sainsbury Sales Beat Estimates After ‘Record’ Christmas 2012-01-12T00:51:25Z Is Iraq enmeshed in some international coalition we need to butter up? What withdrawal from Iraq? 2011-06-07T17:45:00Z Meanwhile, Barclays, under US-born chief executive Bob Diamond, is being buttered up by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, who declared that it would be "great" if the British bank relocated to the Big Apple. If the banks forsake London, where might they go? 2011-04-09T23:06:08Z But there's little doubt which set of writers has been identified as the better bet to butter up. SXSW 2011: The pros and cons of geek domination 2011-03-17T22:30:00Z Now a study in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology suggests that buttering up the brain with images of health food may help people see these items as more tempting. My, What a Big Salad You Have 2011-02-18T22:45:00.257Z That sounds suspiciously like he's buttering up England, trying to evoke a mood of complacency. Montenegro starting to believe in miracles ahead of England clash 2010-10-09T23:11:00Z And when he's pretty well buttered up I'll just slither him down a little, and say, 'Mayhap I might manage to get Hedwig to our house of a Sunday.' Black Forest Village Stories He knew he was being buttered up, but he'd asked for it. The Machine That Saved The World Not often does one advance so at an early age—” Gunnar seemed to be buttering up the man for some reason or other so Jack Odin decided to go along. Hunters Out of Space Next day I bought some things at a baker's not far from here, and buttered up the shopkeeper, saying his store was too good for the neighbourhood. The Car of Destiny As soon as she saw the way the cards were falling, she started buttering up to me. The Common Man Aunt Priscilla did the churning of the cream, but Rhoda made the butter up into pretty golden pats, and wrapped them in cool, dark-green leaves. The Christmas Child Is it the time for loose talk, with the wind rising, rising, and the rain falling, falling, and the price of butter up another threepence this blessed morning? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, August 4th, 1920 This little scene affords a charming opportunity for "buttering up" New England piety at the cheap expense of a libel upon the old country. Lands of the Slave and the Free Cuba, the United States, and Canada When you reach the place where your left hand feels empty without a piece of bread in it, just butter up another amole and try it. Her Father's Daughter Miles knew he was being buttered up, for what he didn't know, but he took advantage of it all. Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel He says it when he wants to let himself go and simply butter up a thing. Mike |
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