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Obsequious Adj Fawn Yield Dissolute Self Absorbed Sequ跟随 əb'si:Kwiəs

单词 obsequious
音标 [əb'si:kwiəs]
解释 a.逢迎的,谄媚的
红宝书 【英】 adj. 逢迎的,谄媚的(show ing too great a willingness to serve or obey)
【考】 obsequious : fawn / compliant : yield / condescending :patronize(逢迎的[人]喜欢奉承 /顺从的[人]喜欢屈服 /屈尊的[人]喜欢庇护)libertine : dissolute / narcissist : self-absorbed / sycophant : obsequious(放荡的人是放荡的/ 自恋的人是自恋的/逢 迎的人是逢迎的)反义词: supercilious(自大的 )
【例】 an obsequious compliment
字源 obsequious (adj.)
late 15c., "prompt to serve," from Middle French obséquieux (15c.), from Latin obsequiosus "compliant, obedient," from obsequium "compliance, dutiful service," from obsequi "to accommodate oneself to the will of another," from ob "after" (see ob-) + sequi "to follow" (see sequel). Pejorative sense of "fawning, sycophantic" had emerged by 1590s. Related: Obsequiously; obsequiousness (mid-15c.).
不择手段背单词 adj. 逢迎谄媚的
【记】ob坏, sequ跟随, ious-怀着坏心眼的跟随-谄媚的
【参】obsequies(n 葬礼); ob坏, sequ跟随, ious-情绪不好地跟随一葬礼
【类】obsequious: fawn = compliant: yield = condescending: patronize逢迎的人奉承 = 顺从的人屈服 = 屈尊的人屈尊libertine: dissolute = narcissist: self-absorbed = sycophant: obsequious放荡的人是放荡的 = 自恋的人是自恋的 = 逢迎的人是逢迎的obsequious: servile = belligerent: assertive谄媚的: 奴性的 = 好战的: 过分自信的(好像是同义词)maudlin: sentimental = obsequious: deferential感情脆弱的: 多愁善感的 = 谄媚的: 尊敬的(褒贬)sycophantic: obsequious = rebellious: resurgent阿谀的: 奉承的 = 反叛的: 复苏的(不工整)obsequious: attentiveness = parsimonious: frugality献媚的是过分关心 = 吝啬的是过分节俭
【反】supercilious(adj 自大傲慢的); imperious(adj 专横的)
趣味全助记 【记】ob 不好的 + sequence 随后,跟随,不好地跟随的人→谄媚拍马的
【相关】consequence 结果,obsequies 葬礼,obsequious 奉承的,subsequent 后来的, 随后的

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