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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is an obsequious shop owner.
  他是一个善于讨好顾客的店主。
• A worker who is obsequious to the boss students apple-polishing the teacher;
  对老板卑躬屈膝的人.对老师卑躬屈膝的学生；
• He is obsequious to men in power.
  他对有权势者谄媚。
• Don't toady to or be obsequious to rich or powerful people.
  不谄媚奉承有钱或权势的人。
• 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。
• 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。