难度：两星
【句子】We’re kissing up to a 10-month-old? 【Modern Family-S1E22】
【发音】[wɪə(r)] [kɪsɪŋ] [ʌp] [tʊ] [ə] [ten] [mʌnθ] [əʊld]
【发音技巧】kissing up可连读；month old轻微连读；
【翻译】十个月大的小屁孩的马屁，我们都要拍么？
【适用场合】
1. This is a coup. When you get in with Jasper, doors open.
此乃妙计。只要你能跟Jasper套上近乎，万事容易。

get in with sb. 和某个人套近乎；玩得来；
to be or become popular or friendly with someone:
eg: He's trying to get in with the teachers.
他想跟老师们套近乎。

当时还有一个翻译：
eg: She's got in with a very arty set.
她和一帮附庸风雅的人在一起。

2. We’re kissing up to a 10-month-old?

kiss up to someone 拍马屁；讨好某个人；
to try to please a powerful person, because you want them to do something for you
近义词：
to curry favor with sb.
pay court to sb.
play up to sb.
粗俗版：to kiss sb’s ass

eg: Stop kissing up to me.
别拍我马屁。

eg: If you want to win the daughter, you'll have to pay court to her mother.
如果你想赢得这个女生的青睐，先搞定她妈啊！（先搞定你未来丈母娘啊！）

eg: He's always trying to curry favour with the boss.
他总是想拍老板马屁。

eg: You'll have to play up to the governor herself if you want to get approval for this project.
如果你想这个项目获得批准，你得自己去打点好州长。

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Big tax cuts are often proposed to curry favor with voters.