obsequious
英 [?b'si?kw??s]
美[?b'sikw??s]
- adj. 諂媚的；奉承的；順從的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?obsequiously;名詞:?obsequiousness;
中文詞源
obsequious 巴結(jié)的，討好的
來自拉丁語obsequium,順從，履行服務(wù)職責(zé)，來自ob-,向前，朝向，-sequi,跟隨，詞源同sequence.原為跟班，跟隨，后引申詞義巴結(jié)的，討好的。
英文詞源
- obsequious
- obsequious: see sequence
- obsequious (adj.)
- late 15c., "prompt to serve," from Middle French obséquieux (15c.), from Latin obsequiosus "compliant, obedient," from obsequium "compliance, dutiful service," from obsequi "to accommodate oneself to the will of another," from ob "after" (see ob-) + sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Pejorative sense of "fawning, sycophantic" had emerged by 1590s. Related: Obsequiously; obsequiousness (mid-15c.).
雙語例句
- 1. Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learnt that I too was the son of a labouring man.
- 巴羅竭力討好我，直到得知我也是工人家庭出身。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.
- 他看著兩位太太,滿臉諂媚的神情.
來自辭典例句
- 3. The landladies paid court to her, in the obsequious way landladies have.
- 女店主們以她們特有的諂媚方式向她獻殷勤.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Chandler's weasel face screwed into an obsequious smile.
- 錢德勒黃鼠狼似的臉上現(xiàn)出了諂媚的笑容.
來自辭典例句
- 5. He is obsequious to men in power.
- 他對有權(quán)勢者諂媚.
來自辭典例句