The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants.

首相被谄媚者们包围着

No, the answer is not to play sycophant and brown-nose.

不，答案肯定不是拍马屁或者奉承。

A sycophant flatterer is neither a guru or a preacher.

一个谄媚者既非古茹也不是传教士。

A sycophant (flatterer) is neither a guru or a preacher.

一个谄媚者既非古茹也不是传教士。

So I don't know what "sycophant" means, but the rest is right.

那我不知道“拍马屁”的意思，但余下的是对的。

He was such a sycophant, a social-climbing sycophant if ever there was one.

他是这样的一个仆人，只会利用社会关系往上攀爬的仆人！