1. He started sucking up to the boss as soon as he got on board.
他一来公司就开始拍老板的马屁。
suck up to:巴结,奉承
2. The professor likes her because she knows how to please him.
教授喜欢她是因为她知道怎么讨好他。
3. She's very good at paying lip service.
她很会讲一些言不由衷的好听话。
pay lip service:说好听的话
4. Everyone in this company knows that he's trying to curry favor with the board of the directors.
公司里的每一个人都知道他想要巴结董事会。
try to curry favor with:拉关系,巴结
the board of the directors:董事会,也可直接说the board