If he's drinking with his mates, he would be unlikely to welcome approaches from outside the group, unless sycophantic and ego-enhancing.

如果他跟同伴一起，他一般不欢迎陌生人的接近，不过如果你会拍马屁的话那就另当别论。

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He (or she) would be pro-active, approachable, knowledgeable and good company for journalists, without being sycophantic to them.

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At the time, the speech received so much applause from the sycophantic audience of top officials and lawmakers that he had to tell them to be quiet, adding that they might not like to hear everything he had to tell them.

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