A few critics called him bland and ingratiating.

一些评论家说平平无奇且善于逢迎。

But by the new century he was ingratiating himself.

进入新世纪后，开始迎献媚。

" John! " ventured a small ingratiating voice from the bathroom. " John! "

“约翰，”浴室里传来一阵哀求，“约翰。”

Jobs had an easier time ingratiating himself with the engineers who worked one floor above.

乔布斯与在楼上工作工程师们相处甚欢。

Yes, but Daddy's in politics. He has to be ingratiating.

对，可你爸政，政就拍马屁嘛。

" What do you want? " asked the Savage, scowling. The reporter returned his most ingratiating smile.

“你要干什么？”野蛮人皱着眉头问。记者用最讨好微笑回答。

Well, I have, uh, " an ingratiating wit, trustworthy smile, " according to the Plainview Herald.

我有 " 出众智慧，迷人笑容" 《普莱维先驱报》这么评价。

His vices are introduced alongside some deeply ingratiating qualities.

恶习与一些非常讨人喜欢品质一起被介绍。

Widener displayed precisely these same qualities of ingratiating arrogance and good-natured contempt as a Philadelphia politician.

威德纳恰恰表现出了与费城政相同逢迎傲慢和善意蔑视品质。

They live decently and amiably, are thoroughly charming and ingratiating, and I am glad that I spared them.

们过得体面而和蔼可亲， 非常迷人和讨人喜欢， 我很高兴我饶了们。

Hook tried a more ingratiating manner. " If you are Hook, " he said almost humbly, " come tell me, who am I" ?

胡克换了一种讨好口气。 " 如果你胡克，" 几乎低声下气地说，" 那么告诉我，我谁呢？"

My sympathies are of course with her, for I know that the most ingratiating friend can be the most exasperating husband.

我当然同情她，因为我知道最讨人喜欢朋友可能最惹人生气丈夫。

He was a stoutening, ruddy Jew of about thirty-five, with an expressive face under smooth sandy hair—and, no doubt, in most business gatherings his personality would have been considered ingratiating.

一个胖胖、面色红润犹太人，大约三十五岁，光滑沙色头发下有一张表情丰富脸——而且，毫无疑问，在大多数商务聚会，个性会被认为讨人喜欢。

I would say that " to" is probably a little more common, however – at least, that's what I would say if I were thinking about the act of ingratiating myself.

我会说“到” 可能更常见一些， 然而——至少，如果我在考虑讨好自己行为， 我会这么说。

In spite of the crimes which Yerkes perpetrated in American cities, there was something refreshing and ingratiating about the man. Possibly this is because he did not associate any hypocrisy with his depredations.

尽管 Yerkes 在美国城市犯下了罪行，这个人还有一些令人耳目一新和讨人喜欢东西。这可能因为没有将任何虚伪与掠夺联系起来。

He might have preferred a discussion of Greek philosophy with his friend Thomas Jefferson, but he was quite capable of making small talk with his wife's guests and charming them with his ingratiating smile and wry jests.

可能更喜欢与朋友托马斯·杰斐逊讨论希腊哲学，也很擅长与妻子人闲聊，并用讨人喜欢微笑和讽刺笑话吸引们。

I had a sinking sensation. The baby, Betty Jean, is bright and ingratiating. I can see Martha behind the scenes, managing, manipulating. I am doomed to pay for the operation and doomed to help Adrenna raise the baby.

我有一种下沉感觉。婴儿贝蒂·简 (Betty Jean) 聪明伶俐，讨人喜欢。我可以看到玛莎在幕后进行管理和操纵。我注定要为手术买单，也注定要帮阿德瑞娜抚养孩子。

He also discovered how to scale his work into monumental public displays, like his mysterious steel head in Chicago's Daley Plaza, a conflation of his wife Jacqueline with their Afghan hound that manages to be both overwhelming and ingratiating.

还发现了如何将作品扩展到巨大公共展示，比如在芝加哥戴利广场神秘钢铁头像，妻子杰奎琳和们阿富汗猎犬混体， 既让人难以抗拒又讨人喜欢。

The music ended and they returned to their table, whose solitary but dignified occupant arose and tendered each of them a smile so ingratiating that it was as if he were shaking their hands and congratulating them on a brilliant performance.

音乐结束，们回到自己餐桌旁，那位孤独端庄主人站了起来，对们每个人都露出了一个如此讨好微笑，就好像在握手祝贺们精彩表演一样。

" No. My children were fathered by a bear" . Alysane smiled. Her teeth were crooked, but there was something ingratiating about that smile. " Mormont women are skinchangers. We turn into bears and find mates in the woods. Everyone knows" .

" 才没有，我孩子爹头熊。" 亚莉珊笑了。她牙齿参差不齐，笑起来却别有风韵。" 莫尔蒙家女人都易形者。我们变成熊，去森林里交配。大家都知道。"