To fawn over someone in a servile and despicable manner, especially to curry favor with superiors; to act in an obsequious and sycophantic way.
他为了晋升，不惜吮疽舐痔，对上司百般讨好。
To get a promotion, he didn't hesitate to engage in obsequious flattery, going to great lengths to please his superior.
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