0 too eager to praise or obey someone -- 巴結的,諂媚的;卑躬屈膝的
She is embarrassingly obsequious to anyone in authority. 她差不多對任何當權者都卑躬屈膝,真令人難堪。
Despite this air of officialdom in the presentation, not all are obsequious accounts.
Another steward, carrying a plate of ' hearts ' is preceded by an obsequious figure inquiring which ' heart ' his lordship required for the day.
Rulers, however beleaguered, still wanted to be treated as patrons, but although singers kept up the old obsequious language they felt freer in practice to do what suited them.
In this passage he is primarily concerned with the obsequious, on the one hand, and those who consort with persons beneath their station, on the other.
They may, of course follow it and thus make their consciences obsequious to their interests.
I showed my obsequious loyalty on that occasion.
They do not need me to be a somewhat obsequious supporter.
That seems to me to be a trifle too obsequious.