obsequious

a. 谄媚的, 奉承的, 顺从的

发音

UK /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/
US /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

词形变化

more obsequious 比较级 most obsequious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Excessively eager and attentive to please or to obey instructions; fawning, subservient, servile.

    点头哈腰的

    阿谀奉承的

  2. 2.

    Obedient; compliant with someone else's orders or wishes.

    顺从的

    古体
  3. 3.

    Of or pertaining to obsequies, funereal.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 3

fawning sycophantic toadyish

近义相关 2

insincere servile

词源

From Middle English obsequyous, from Latin obsequiōsus (“complaisant, obsequious”), from obsequium (“compliance”), from obsequor (“comply with, yield to”), from ob (“in the direction of, towards”) + sequor (“follow”) (cf. sequel).

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