obsequious
obsequious[əbˈsiːkwɪəs]adjective- obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree
奉承的,卑躬屈膝的
they were served by obsequious waiters.
他们由一些卑躬屈膝的侍者伺候着。
派生obsequiouslyadverbobsequiousnessnoun语源- late 15th cent. (not depreciatory in sense in early use): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium 'compliance', from obsequi 'follow, comply with'
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