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obsequious

🇬🇧 UK/әb'si:kwiәs/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

adj.

Excessively eager to please or obey; fawning and servile in an insincere way.

谄媚的,奉承的,卑躬屈膝的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
obagainst, toward, in the way of
+
sequfollow
+
ioussuffix
=obsequious

Common Collocations

  • 1.obsequious manner谄媚的态度
  • 2.obsequious behavior奉承的行为
  • 3.obsequious flattery卑躬屈膝

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    His obsequious flattery earned him promotion, though not the respect of colleagues.

  • 2.

    The obsequious servants followed the nobleman's every command without question.

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