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

• Don't toady to or be obsequious to rich or powerful people.
  不谄媚奉承有钱或权势的人。
• 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。
• We do not need their money, stop being so obsequious, we control OUR markets and China needs those markets to continue its growth, absolutely.
  我们不需要他们的钱，不要再低三下四，我们控制我们的市场，中国的继续增长需要这个市场。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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
• 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。
• He is an obsequious shop owner.
  他是一个善于讨好顾客的店主。
• 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。