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.).
实用例句
1. Barrow was positively obsequious to me until he learnt that I too was the son of a labouring man.
巴罗竭力讨好我，直到得知我也是工人家庭出身。来自柯林斯例句
2. He looked at the two ladies with an obsequious air.
他看着两位太太,满脸谄媚的神情.来自辞典例句
3. The landladies paid court to her, in the obsequious way landladies have.
女店主们以她们特有的谄媚方式向她献殷勤.来自辞典例句
4. Chandler's weasel face screwed into an obsequious smile.
