obsequious
adj. 奉承拍馬的,卑躬屈膝的; 諂媚的
If you describe someone as obsequious, you are criticizing them because they are too eager to help or agree with someone more important than them.
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家庭出身。
1. attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
2. attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner;
He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.
他看著兩位太太,滿臉諂媚的神情.
The obsequious brush curtails truth deference to the canvas which is narrow.
諂媚的畫筆依從狹窄的畫布把真理打了折扣.
No nonsense about emotions, nostalgia or image. No obsequious talk to persuade Swedes in doubt.
拋開情感 、 懷舊情緒或形像不談, 也不提用討好性的言辭來說服心存懷疑的瑞典人.
Matrons, millionaires, educators, journalists, coachmen all bowed to him in obsequious homage.
太太 、 闊佬 、 教育家 、 新聞記者 、 馬車伕——所有的人都卑躬屈膝地拜倒在地.
The manager's obsequious assistant annoyed the other employees in the department.
諂媚的經理助手惹惱了部門內的其他職員.