obsequious
音標(biāo)發(fā)音
- 英式音標(biāo) [?b?si?.kwi.?s]
- 美式音標(biāo) [ɑb?sikwi?s, ?b-]
- 國(guó)際音標(biāo) [?b'si:kwi?s, ?b-]
- 英式發(fā)音
- 美式發(fā)音
基本解釋
- adj.諂媚的；奉承的；順從的
詞根記憶
- ob(在…后面) + sequ(跟隨) + ious→跟在后面的→逢迎的，諂媚的
- ob(接近) + sequ(跟隨) + i + ous(…的)→緊跟著→諂媚的
英漢例句
- 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向她獻(xiàn)殷勤. - 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. - He is obsequious to men in power.
他對(duì)有權(quán)勢(shì)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.
詞組短語
- imperious obsequious 專橫的◇諂媚的
- obsequious a 順從的
- obsequious beauty 媚美
- Obsequious Furnish 溜須
- 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