資料來源 : pyDict
諂媚的,奉承的,順從的
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Obsequious \Ob*se"qui*ous\, a. [L. obsequiosus, fr. obsequium
compliance, fr. obsequi, fr. obsequi: cf. F. obs['e]quieux,
See {Obsequent}, and cf. {Obsequy}.]
1. Promptly obedient, or submissive, to the will of another;
compliant; yielding to the desires of another; devoted.
[Obs.]
His servants weeping, Obsequious to his orders, bear
him hither. --Addison.
2. Servilely or meanly attentive; compliant to excess;
cringing; fawning; as, obsequious flatterer, parasite.
There lies ever in ``obsequious'' at the present the
sense of an observance which is overdone, of an
unmanly readiness to fall in with the will of
another. --Trench.
3. [See {Obsequy}.] Of or pertaining to obsequies; funereal.
[R.] ``To do obsequious sorrow.'' --Shak.
Syn: Compliant; obedient; servile. See {Yielding}.
資料來源 : WordNet®
obsequious
adj 1: attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
[syn: {bootlicking}, {fawning}, {sycophantic}, {toadyish}]
2: attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner; "obsequious
shop assistants"