obsequious

英语

词源

源自中古英语 obsequyous，源自拉丁语 obsequiōsus (“顺从的，点头哈腰的”) ，源自obsequium (“顺从”)，源自obsequor (“服从，遵守”)，源自ob (“朝向”) + sequor (“跟随”)（对比sequel）。

发音

• (英国，美国) 国际音标^(帮助): /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

• （美国）音频：

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形容词

obsequious (比较级 more obsequious，最高级 most obsequious)

1. 点头哈腰的，阿谀奉承的

   近义词：fawning、ingratiating、servile、slavish、sycophantic、truckling、smarmy、asskissing；亦参见Thesaurus:sycophantic

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   • 1927, Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey，第 20 页:

     Translation falls especially short of this conceit which carries the whole flamboyance of the Spanish language. It was intended as an obsequious flattery of the Condesa, and was untrue.

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2. (古旧) 顺从的，服从的，遵命的

   近义词：参见Thesaurus:obedient

   • 1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], 章号 XXXIV, 出自 Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], 第 II 卷, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC，第 140 页:

     Our ladies were situated as well as it was possible; they had good servants, splendid rooms, obsequious attendants, and had become habituated to the country, so that the loss of the Count was not any thing of moment beyond the pleasure of his society; […]

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3. (弃用) 葬礼的
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衍生词汇

• obsequiously
• obsequiousness
• obsequity

相关词汇

• obsequy
• obsequies

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