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polish有“擦亮，磨光”的意思，那么，polish the apple是什么意思？可以翻译成“擦苹果”吗？

其实，这是一个英语习语，意思是通过过度的奉承或讨好来试图赢得某人的好感或认可。

例句：He's always polishing the apple to the boss.

他总是拍老板的马屁。

那么，apple-polisher的意思，你肯定也懂了吧？

没错，就是“马屁精”啦！

例句：She is a real apple polisher. She crawls around the boss all day.

她是个马屁精，整天围着老板转。

This is a saying that first emerged in school, based on the practice of a student bringing a favorite teacher an apple for a treat. When the student polished the apple he gave to the teacher, his fellow students thought, wow, that’s going too far. He’s an “apple polisher.”

这种说法起源于很久以前在美国校园中的一个风俗习惯。学生会送一个苹果给自己心目中最棒的老师，而如果有学生特别别出心裁地将苹果洗干净擦好甚至给它抛光，只为了让苹果看起来更加颜色鲜亮，那么同学们会想，“哎呀，这也太过分了吧，真是个马屁精”。

On the job, the expression came to mean that it was okay to say a boss looked nice in her suit, but another to spend 15 minutes complimenting her in front of a large crowd about her suit. In that case, his fellow workers would smirk and call him an “apple polisher.”

在职场上的举例呢，则是如果真心的夸奖老板的着装是可以理解的。但是专门花上15分钟在众人面前大肆宣扬老板的今日衣着也就过分了。这样的话，同事就会称他为马屁精。

除此之外，还有哪些英语可以用来表达“马屁精”或拍马屁的行为呢？

flatterer

名词，谄媚者，马屁精，强调通过奉承来讨好别人。

例句："Flatterer," she said giving him a mock reproving look.

“马屁精，”她用嘲弄且责备的眼神看了他一眼，说道。

brown noser

马屁精：指那些为了个人利益而阿谀奉承或讨好某人的人

例句：He's just a brown-noser.

他只是一个乐于拍马屁的人。

butter someone up

字面意思是“给某人抹黄油”，引申为“拍某人的马屁”。