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Brownie points. - An amount of credit considered as earned, especially by favorably impressing a superior. Often used in the plural. - (informal) credit or praise for good work or a good deed 通常是指做了一些让别人高兴，对人有利的小事，让他们记住了你的好。也就是类似中国人说的某人承了你的情。特别指对方是你的上司或是客户。 例子一： 比如说销售有的时候给客户送个蛋糕过去。 The sales person sent a cheese cake to one of the major customers to score some brownie points。 例子二： 做周末加班把老板的pet project做完了，就是为了拍拍老板的马屁。 He worked over the weekend to finish the boss' pet project just to score some brownie points. |
