obsequious
英 [əb'siːkwɪəs]
美[əb'sikwɪəs]
- adj. 谄媚的；奉承的；顺从的
英英释意
- 1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
- 2. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;
- "obsequious shop assistants"
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.
- 他看着两位太太,满脸谄媚的神情.
来自辞典例句
- 3. The landladies paid court to her, in the obsequious way landladies have.
- 女店主们以她们特有的谄媚方式向她献殷勤.
来自辞典例句
- 4. 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.
来自辞典例句
- 5. He is obsequious to men in power.
- 他对有权势者谄媚.
来自辞典例句