- 1討好、巴結（多半帶貶義；口語更常說「拍馬屁」）
To ingratiate yourself with someone is to try very hard to win their approval — extra smiles, extra praise, extra little favours — in a way that does not feel quite honest.
To ingratiate yourself with someone把自己ingratiate給某人（討好某人）, is to try very hard就是很努力 to win their approval想贏得對方的好感 — extra smiles多一點微笑, extra praise多一點稱讚, extra little favours多一點小恩小惠 — in a way用一種...的方式 that does not feel quite honest不太誠實
English almost always uses it with yourself: you ingratiate yourself with a boss, a teacher, or someone who has power. You do not usually say “I ingratiated her.” The word already carries a ; we reach for it when the trying looks calculated, not when someone is simply being kind.
English英文 almost always幾乎都 uses it with yourself會加上yourself來用: you你 ingratiate yourself withingratiate yourself with a boss老闆, a teacher老師, or or someone who has power任何有權力的人. You你 do not usually say通常不會說 "I ingratiated her."「I ingratiated her」. The word這個字 already carries a frown本身就帶著皺眉的意味; we我們 reach for it會用它 when the trying looks calculated當那種努力看起來是算計過的時候, not而不是 when someone is simply being kind有人單純表現善意的時候
It is a fairly formal, verb. In everyday talk people are more likely to say suck up or butter someone up, which are ruder and more spoken.
It它 is是 a fairly formal, bookish verb一個相當正式、書面的動詞. In everyday talk在日常對話裡, people人們 are more likely to say比較會說 suck upsuck up or or butter someone upbutter someone up, which這兩個說法 are ruder and more spoken比較粗俗，也比較口語
You will meet ingratiate in novels, essays, and news about .
You你 will meet會遇到 ingratiateingratiate in novels, essays, and news about politics在小說、散文和政治新聞裡
core核心畫面
組成From Italian ingraziare or Medieval Latin *ingratiatus, from Latin in grātiam (“for the favor of”). First attested in 1622. Latin grātia is “favour” or “thanks.”
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
ingratiateverb/ɪnˈɡɹeɪ.ʃi.eɪt/
- 1
To bring oneself into favour with someone by flattering or trying to please them; to insinuate oneself; to worm one's way in.
- [H]e considered this offering an homage to his merits, and an attempt on the part of the heiress to ingratiate herself into his priceless affections.
- [H]e would pat the children on the head when he saw them on the stairs, and ingratiate himself with them as far as he dared.
- 2
To recommend; to render easy or agreeable.
- What difficulty would it [the love of Christ] not ingratiate to us?
- the Sense of this will mightily indear and ingratiate them to us
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。