献媚以取悦（别人）to flatter

• 媚悦流俗

  court current trends

• 他谆谆告诫作家：“若文艺设法俯就，就很容易流为迎合大众，媚悦大众”。

  He earnestly warned writers, "if art thinks up ways to lower itself, then it is easy for it to descend into pandering to and courting the masses"

• 秦始皇痛恨她们抛弃亡国之辱而媚悦新主的行径,但对守贞重节的女子却倍加赞赏。

  Qin Shi Huang passionately despised the way that they cast off the shame of their defeated state and flattered their new lord, but was especially appreciative of women who kept their chastity and virtue.