obsequious
英 [əbˈsiːkwiəs]
美 [əbˈsiːkwiəs]
adj. 谄媚的; 巴结奉迎的
BNC.33792 / COCA.28840
牛津词典
adj.
- 谄媚的；巴结奉迎的
trying too hard to please sb, especially sb who is important- an obsequious manner
谄媚的态度
- an obsequious manner
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 奉承的；巴结的；谄媚的
If you describe someone asobsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them.- Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learnt that I too was the son of a labouring man.
巴罗竭力讨好我，直到得知我也是工人家庭出身。
- Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learnt that I too was the son of a labouring man.
英英释义
adj
- attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
- obsequious shop assistants
- attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
双语例句
- He is an obsequious shop owner.
他是一个善于讨好顾客的店主。 - Flattering in an insincere way; obsequious.
以不真诚的方式奉承的；谄媚的。 - "Obsequious Beauty" and "Being Dizzy and Confused"& One of comparisons between aesthetics categories of Schopenhauer and Wang Guowei
媚美与眩惑&叔本华与王国维美学范畴比较之一 - He is obsequious to men in power.
他对有权势者谄媚。 - A coaxing and obsequious voice.
一个花言巧语、巴结奉承的声音。 - The manager's obsequious assistant annoyed the other employees in the department.
谄媚的经理助手惹恼了部门内的其他职员。 - Granted his obsequious manner, I still think he's ambitious enough to do the job.
即使他有奉承之意，我仍然认为去接这份工作，他够有勇气的了。 - Hear ye, hear ye the drum roll begins, an usher to the rolling waves catapulting towards your obsequious shores.
你们听吧，听到那隆隆鼓声开始响起，它预示着滚滚而来的巨浪正投射向你们这卑微的彼岸。 - A coaxing and obsequious voice; her manner is quiet and ingratiatory and a little too agreeable.
诱哄顺从的声音；她的样子文静又顺从，有点过于顺从。 - A worker who is obsequious to the boss students apple-polishing the teacher;
对老板卑躬屈膝的人.对老师卑躬屈膝的学生；