汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 奴颜婢膝
奴颜婢膝 (奴顏婢膝)
servile and bending the knee (idiom); fawning / bending and scraping to curry favor
奴颜 Minion's face, full of flattery / 婢膝 Maid’s knee, often kneeling / Refers to the expression and movement of the minion / Describe the look of shamelessly slapped someone to please
形容卑躬曲膝、低三下四、没有骨气、一味谄媚讨好的样子他们对外奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。
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EXAMPLE SENTENCES

他们对外奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。

They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends.

人类还要在装饰面前奴颜婢膝

Humanity is still to groan under the slavery of ornament.

但得明了,无做到在奴颜婢膝的同时又能出自我。

Spend as little time on the means as possible consistent with achieving the end. Only idiots live to work.

奴颜婢膝的附庸则很快就会导致外来日益增加的种种压力。

A subservient client would soon face an accumulation of ever-growing pressures.