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谄媚的;奉承的;顺从的
: marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
:谄媚的奉承注:fawn:未满周岁的小鹿,浅黄褐色 v. 奉承,讨好;attentiveness:注意,专注
An obsequious person is more likely to be a follower than a leader. Use that fact to help you remember the meaning of obsequious. All you need to to is bear in mind that the word comes from the Latin root sequi, meaning "to follow." (The other contributor is the prefix ob-, meaning "toward.") sequi is the source of a number of other English words, too, including consequence (a result that follows from an action), sequel (a novel, film, or TV show that follows and continues a story begun in another), and non sequitur (a conclusion that doesn't follow from what was said before).
词源/词根演化:ob- ("toward") + sequi ("to follow") --> obsequious (adj.)
一个谄媚顺从的人更是一个跟随者而不是领导者。这个事实可以帮助你记忆obsequious这个单词的意思。你需要记住这个词来自于拉丁词根sequi(追随)与前缀ob-(趋向)。此外sequi也一些其他英语词汇的来源,例如consequence(后果,即某个行为产生的结果),sequel(小说,电影或电视剧的续集),以及non sequitur(与前述不符的结论)
注:non sequitur:不合理的推论或结论
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