sycophantic

1. ADJ If you describe someone as sycophantic, you disapprove of them because they flatter people who are more important and powerful than they are in order to gain an advantage for themselves. 阿諛奉承的[表不滿]

...his clique of sycophantic friends. ...他那些由阿諛奉承的朋友們組成的小圈子。