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
- And there is something common in the connotations of Wang Guowei's "being dizzy and confused" and Schopenhauer's "obsequious beauty", that is, they all contain profound contents of Chinese traditional culture.
王国维的眩惑与叔本华的媚美在内涵上具有相通之处，同时又包容着中国传统文化的深厚内蕴。 - 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。 - 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 obsequious brush curtails truth in deference to the canvas which is narrow.
谄媚的画笔迁就狭窄的画布而削减了真实。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。