Don't try to ingratiate yourself with me.

‪别把您拍马屁的功夫用在我身上。

Suppose you had visited Napoleon in Elba and had sought to ingratiate yourself with him.

假设你曾在厄尔巴岛拜访过拿破仑，并试图讨好他。

" To ingratiate yourself" means to say something to someone in order for that person to like you.

“讨好自己”的意思是为了让那个人喜欢你而对某人说些什么。

If you have a question or comment, you don't need to ingratiate yourself to me, although that never hurts.

如果你有问题或评论， 你不需要向我讨好，尽管那永远不会伤害。

To curry favour, meaning to ingratiate yourself with someone, has nothing to do with buttering them up by buying them a vindaloo.

讨好， 意思是讨好某人，与通过给他们买一个 vindaloo 来讨好他们无关。