sequacious

a. 盲从的, 卑贱的, 合于逻辑的

发音

其它 /sɪˈkweɪʃəs/

词形变化

more sequacious 比较级 most sequacious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Likely to follow or yield to physical pressure; easily shaped or molded.

    废旧

    In the greater bodies the forge was easy, the matter being ductile and sequacious and obedient to the stroke of the artificer, and apt to be drawn, formed, and moulded.

  2. 2.

    Likely to follow, conform, or yield to others, especially showing unthinking adherence to others' ideas; easily led.

    1687, Dryden, first ode for St. Cecilia's Day Orpheus could lead the savage race; And trees uprooted left their place; Sequacious of the lyre...

    The scheme of pantheistic omniscience, so prevalent among the sequacious thinkers of the day,... would have found little favour with the religious and philosophic nescience of St Austin.

  3. 3.

    Following neatly or smoothly.

  4. 4.

    Following logically or in an unvarying and orderly procession, tending in a single intellectual direction.

词源

Derived from Latin sequāx (“a follower”), from sequī (“to follow”), + -ious (adjective-forming suffix).

来源:wiktionary