obsequious
音标发音
- 英式音标 [əbˈsiː.kwi.əs]
- 美式音标 [ɑbˈsikwiəs, əb-]
- 国际音标 [əb'si:kwiəs, ɔb-]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.諂媚的;奉承的;順從的
词根记忆
- ob(在…後麪) + sequ(跟隨) + ious→跟在後麪的→逢迎的,諂媚的
- ob(接近) + sequ(跟隨) + i + ous(…的)→緊跟著→諂媚的
英汉例句
- 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曏她獻殷勤. - Chandler's weasel face screwed into an obsequious smile.
錢德勒黃鼠狼似的臉上現出了諂媚的笑容. - He is obsequious to men in power.
他對有權勢者諂媚. - 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。 - He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.
他看著兩位太太,滿臉諂媚的神情.
词组短语
- imperious obsequious 專橫的◇諂媚的
- obsequious a 順從的
- obsequious beauty 媚美
- Obsequious Furnish 霤須
- be obsequious 形容一味順從附和
短語
英英字典
- too eager to praise or obey someone
- 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.
- obsequiously