eg: Since the word came out David will be promoted to vice president, everybody in the office is busy trying to butter him up except Joseph.
自从消息传开说戴维德将被提升为副总经理以来，办公室里每个人，除了约瑟夫以外，都忙着拍他的马屁。They don't flatter somebody for convenience and personal interest and echo the opinion of a few man of high position.
他们绝对不会为了方便，或为了个人利益而拍某些人的马屁，附从少数专权人士的主张；Like other pets, Garfield also wants to be cared for and loved by his owner. Yet he never flatters Jon.
和其他宠物一样，加菲也想被主人疼，被主人爱，可他却从不拍乔恩的马屁。he would gently place the first three, this film can be really loud, a few words on the duty of the children do go away.
说完便将头轻轻地点了三下，这马屁拍得可真够响的，几句话把值日儿干打发走了。If you think just by licking your manager's ass is going to send you up the ladder all the way, you're so wrong.
如果你觉得凭拍经理马屁就可以一路扶摇直上，那你可就大错特错了He had no competence whatsoever because all he did was kowtow his way up the corporate ladder.
他只靠拍马屁来升职，根本没有实力可言。He is a brown-nose and none of my colleagues likes him in the company.
他是个马屁精，公司里没有一个同事喜欢他。It is such a great honor that I can work under the wise and guiding hand of the Company.
能够在公司的英明指导下工作，这是我极大的荣幸。（对公司领导、老板拍马屁时说的话）Just as I thought. I was thinking he would make section chief soon since he's been apple-polishing for the past three years.
如我所料。正在想他可能马上就会被提升为部门经理，这三年来他拍的马屁可不少的说。