obsequious

英 [əbˈsiːkwiəs]

美 [əbˈsiːkwiəs]

adj.  谄媚的; 巴结奉迎的

GRE

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
  1. an obsequious manner
     谄媚的态度

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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

adj

• attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner
  1. obsequious shop assistants
• attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  Synonym:bootlickingfawningsycophantictoadyish

双语例句

• 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。
• Chandler's weasel face screwed into an obsequious smile.
  钱德勒黄鼠狼似的脸上现出了谄媚的笑容。
• Don't toady to or be obsequious to rich or powerful people.
  不谄媚奉承有钱或权势的人。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is obsequious to men in power.
  他对有权势者谄媚。
• The channel heads took turns asking Putin a series of polite questions that ranged from deferential to obsequious.
  这些频道轮番询问普京一系列礼貌性的问题，从恭敬到谄媚。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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