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
- He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air .
他看着两位太太,满脸谄媚的神情。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - He is a worker who is obsequious to the boss
他是个对老板卑躬屈膝的人。