1·If he is to secure any economic legacy, Mr Modi may now have to spend more time on the art of buttering up opponents at home rather than fellow leaders abroad.
如果莫迪要获得任何经济遗产，他现在也必须花更多时间去对他的国内反对派成员们说好话而不是去奉承外国领导者们。
2·Don "t praise Westerners too highly when we compliment them. Otherwise, they may think you" re just buttering them up!
当我们称赞西方人时不要把他们捧过头，否则他们会认为你只是在奉承。
1·I can't figure out why he is buttering me up.
我不明白为什么他要巴结我。