obsequious
柯林斯詞典
1. ADJ If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them. 奉承的; 諂媚的[表不滿]
Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learned that I too was the son of a labouring man. 在知道我也出身于工人家庭之前,巴羅一直竭力討好我。
2. obsequiouslyADV [ADV with v]
He smiled and bowed obsequiously to Wilson. 他諂媚地對威爾遜鞠躬微笑。
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obsequious /?b?si?kw??s/
劍橋詞典
- too eager to praise or obey someone
巴結(jié)的,諂媚的;卑躬屈膝的
She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority . 她差不多對任何當(dāng)權(quán)者都卑躬屈膝,真令人難堪。 返回 obsequious