obsequious

obsequious

英 [əb'siːkwɪəs]
　　美 [əb'sikwɪəs]

adj. 諂媚的；奉承的；順從的

中文詞源：

obsequious 巴結的，討好的

來自拉丁語obsequium,順從，履行服務職責，來自ob-,向前，朝向，-sequi,跟隨，詞源同sequence.原為跟班，跟隨，後引申詞義巴結的，討好的。

例句：

1. 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傢庭出身。

2. He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.
他看著兩位太太,滿臉諂媚的神情.

3. 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殷勤.

4. Chandler's weasel face screwed into an obsequious smile.
錢德勒黃鼠狼似的臉上現出瞭諂媚的笑容.

5. He is obsequious to men in power.
他對有權勢者諂媚.