He hadn 't expected an assistant as sycophantic as this one .
他从来没有料到会有这么一个阿谀奉承的助手。
I assumed this was rhetorical waggery so offered that obligatory journalistic reply : the sycophantic laugh .
我当时认为这充满了讽刺意味所以给了他一个十足的记者式回应:阿谀奉承地大笑。
He says the officials who wield such power over the artistic sphere are not considered important in the bureaucracy and so tend to be conservative and sycophantic .
A north korean announcer says what he calls lee myung-bak 's sycophantic approach to the united states and confrontational approach to north korea are entirely to blame for the current stall in north-south relations .
Relationships with these kinds of sycophantic , ass-kissing hangers-on are strictly a one-way street , with them always leeching off of you in one way or another and saying whatever they have to say to stay in your good graces . You help them , but they don 't help you .