You could argue he done it to curry favor with the guards.

你可说 他想拍狱方马屁。

I have never seen such an obvious attempt to curry my favor.

我从未见过如此明显的讨好我的企图。

You thought you'd help me curry favor with my outer borough hall mates.

你认为你要帮我拍我那些郊区同学的马屁。

Even though he curried favor with his teachers, he couldn't pass the final exam.

虽然他拍老师的马屁，他没有通过期未考试。

Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.

好施散的，有多人求他的恩情；爱送礼的，人都为他的朋友。

What business has an old county man to come currying favor with a low set of dark-blue freemen?

一个县里的老男人要讨好一群低贱的深蓝色自由人有什么用？

Nick was a featherhead to curry favor with a fathomless man, his father-in-law of the future.

尼克真是个蠢人，要拍他未来的岳父一个深不可测的人的马屁。

" To curry your lord father's favor, I don't doubt. I know how that game is played. How old is this wretched girl child" ?

" 毫无疑问，是为了讨好你父亲。这毛头小妮子今年几岁？"

You could argue he'd done it to curry favor with the guards. Or maybe make a few friends among us cons.

你可以认为他这么做是为了讨好守卫，或者想跟我们这些人交朋友。

Other people would say so, and would allege that he was currying favor with Bulstrode for the sake of making himself important and getting on in the world.

其他人会这样说， 并声称他是为了让自己变得重要并在世界上取得成功而讨好布尔斯特罗德。