Someone who agrees with the boss no matter what the boss says — not because they think the boss is right, but because agreeing is safe and useful for them. The word is an insult, and everyone who uses it knows that.

Someone who agrees with the boss一個附和老闆的人，no matter what the boss says不管老闆說什麼都附和——not because they think the boss is right不是因為他覺得老闆是對的，but because agreeing而是因為附和 is safe and useful for them對自己安全又有好處。The word is an insult這個字是罵人的，and everyone who uses it knows that每個用它的人都知道這一點。

Calling a colleague a yes-man says two things at once: that he has no opinions of his own that he will speak out loud, and that he is quietly working for his own advantage. You use it about someone under a powerful person — a manager, a president, a company owner — and it often comes in the plural when someone is describing a leader who has hollowed out the people around him: 'he has surrounded himself with yes-men.' That is the most common shape you will meet it in.

Calling a colleague a yes-man說一個同事是 yes-man，says two things at once是一次說了兩件事：that he has no opinions of his own that he will speak out loud他沒有自己肯講出口的意見，and that he is quietly working for his own advantage而且他在悄悄替自己謀好處。You use it about someone你用它說的對象，under a powerful person是在有權者底下的人——a manager經理、a president總裁、a company owner公司老闆——and it often comes in the plural而且它常以複數出現，when someone is describing a leader當有人在描述一位領導者，who has hollowed out the people around him已經把身邊的人掏空了：'he has surrounded himself with yes-men.'「他讓自己被一圈應聲蟲圍著。」。That is the most common shape you will meet it in那是你最常遇到它的樣子。

Note the plural: yes-men, not yes-mans, because 'man' inside it still behaves like the ordinary word man. It is written with a hyphen (yes-man), sometimes as one word or two in casual writing.

Note the plural注意複數：yes-men, not yes-mans是 yes-men，不是 yes-mans，because因為 'man' inside it它裡面的 'man'，still behaves like the ordinary word man仍然照普通的 man 那樣變化。It is written with a hyphen書寫時加連字號 (yes-man)，sometimes as one word or two有時連成一個字或分成兩個字，in casual writing在隨性的文字裡。

It sounds a bit dated and a bit male — it comes from American business talk of the 1910s and 20s and still smells faintly of offices full of men in suits. For a woman English has no neat matching word; people say 'yes-woman', which sounds awkward, or reach for something else like 'a rubber stamp' or 'she just tells him what he wants to hear'.

It sounds它聽起來 a bit dated有點過時，and a bit male也有點男性——it comes from它來自 American business talk of the 1910s and 20s一九一〇、二〇年代的美國商界用語，and still smells faintly of至今仍隱隱帶著 offices full of men in suits滿是西裝男人的辦公室氣味。For a woman說到女性，English has no neat matching word英文沒有整齊對應的字；people say人們會說 'yes-woman'，which sounds awkward聽起來很彆扭，or reach for something else或改抓別的說法，like 'a rubber stamp'像「橡皮圖章」，or 'she just tells him what he wants to hear'或「她只挑他想聽的講」。