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
- 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。 - And while he should have known better than provide an opportunity for obsequious and self-righteous compassion, his remark did point to a fundamental truth of investing.
如果当时他说话更谨慎一些，这些逢迎附会、自以为是的同情心就不会有机会，但他的话的确揭露了一个投资的真相。 - He is obsequious to men in power.
他对有权势者谄媚。 - I think most of us have the instinctive ability to discern between the merely obsequious and the purely altruistic.
提要我想我们大部分人都可以直觉的辨认出逢迎谄媚和纯粹的利他行为。 - 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。 - He is an obsequious shop owner.
他是一个善于讨好顾客的店主。 - He was obsequious to his superiors, but he didn't get any favor.
他巴结上司，但没得到任何好处。 - It's a fine line between expressing admiration and being obsequious.
在赞美和奉承之间有微妙旳差别。 - 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。 - "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