Barack obama doesn 't exist , except in the hearts and minds of minions and sycophants .
巴拉克奥巴马并不存在，他只存在于奴才和马屁精的心里和脑中。
Awareness of this psychological lens that power provides can be the key to feeling socially connected without leaving oneself overly exposed to selfish sycophants .
清楚认识权力提供的这副心理眼镜，这是获取社会认同感的关键，让自己不会感觉到处都是溜须拍马的人。
But when mr putin turned up to deliver his speech the delegates , westerners included , were transformed into slavering sycophants .
但当普京向发表演说时，代表们（也包括西方人在内）马上变成了淌着口水的马屁精。
From plots in the senate against caesar in ancient rome to machiavelli in renaissance italy , jealousy , cliques , sycophants and nepotism have been rife .
My " friends , " the parasitic sycophants with whom I have surrounded myself , might not put up with it : they might decide to replace me in a palace coup .
