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obsequious meaning in English

adj.
谄媚的,奉承的;〔古语〕顺从的;死心塌地的。 be obsequious to the great 巴结权贵。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.

Examples

  1. He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air .
    他看着两位太太,满脸谄媚的神情。
  2. 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。
  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. Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home .
    一个人在家里受惯了泼妇的教训,到外面是最容易处处随和,事事顺从。
  5. He is a worker who is obsequious to the boss
    他是个对老板卑躬屈膝的人。
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