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

• Someone seeking social prominence by obsequious behavior.
  通过谄媚奉承、拍马屁的行为来追求在社会上的显著突出的人。
• 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。
• Flattering in an insincere way; obsequious.
  以不真诚的方式奉承的；谄媚的。
• He is an obsequious shop owner.
  他是一个善于讨好顾客的店主。
• He is obsequious to men in power.
  他对有权势者谄媚。
• 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。
• He is a worker who is obsequious to the boss.
  他是个对老板卑躬屈膝的人。
• It's a fine line between expressing admiration and being obsequious.
  在赞美和奉承之间有微妙旳差别。
• 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。
• 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。