obsequious

英語

詞源

源自中古英語 obsequyous，源自拉丁語 obsequiōsus (「順從的，點頭哈腰的」) ，源自obsequium (「順從」)，源自obsequor (「服從，遵守」)，源自ob (「朝向」) + sequor (「跟隨」)（對比sequel）。

發音

• (英國，美國) 國際音標^(幫助): /əbˈsiːkwi.əs/

• （美國）音頻：

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形容詞

obsequious (比較級 more obsequious，最高級 most obsequious)

1. 點頭哈腰的，阿諛奉承的

   近義詞：fawning、ingratiating、servile、slavish、sycophantic、truckling、smarmy、asskissing；亦參見Thesaurus:sycophantic

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

     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. (古舊) 順從的，服從的，遵命的

   近義詞：參見Thesaurus:obedient

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

     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. (棄用) 葬禮的
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衍生詞彙

• obsequiously
• obsequiousness
• obsequity

相關詞彙

• obsequy
• obsequies

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