obsequious
adjective /əbˈsiːkwiəs/
/əbˈsiːkwiəs/
(formal, disapproving)- trying too hard to please somebody, especially somebody who is important
谄媚的；巴结奉迎的 - an obsequious manner
谄媚的态度 - The waiters came hurrying forward with obsequious smiles on their faces.
侍者们带着谄媚的微笑急匆匆地走过来。 - The service in the restaurant was attentive without being obsequious.
这家餐馆的服务周到而不谄媚。
词源late 15th cent. (not originally in a negative sense): from Latin obsequiosus, from obsequium ‘compliance’, from obsequi ‘follow, comply with’. - an obsequious manner