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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.).

词态变化

副词 obsequiously;
名词 obsequiousness;

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。

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.

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.

conformable 一致的

acquiescent 默许的

obedient 服从的

sycophantic 说奉承话的

fawning 奉承的

servile 屈从的

flattering 奉承的

submissive 服从的

compliant 适用的

deferential 恭敬的

reverential 虔诚的

groveling 匍匐的

grovelling 卑下的

unctuous 油腔滑调的

smarmy 令人厌烦的

bootlicking 动词bootlick的现...

toadyish 拍马屁的

be obsequious to v. 奉承

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