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奴颜婢膝nú yán bì xīact abjectly (/obse quiously) so as to curry favour; bend one’s knees before; bow and scrape like a slave to sb; cringing;fawn on (/upon); lick sb’s boot (/feet/shoes/spittle); servile; subservient
❍ 可是反过来看看我们的统治者吧——他们荒淫无耻，他们对外～，甘心卖国求荣；…… (杨沫 《青春之歌》133) How different from our rulers,who are leading a life of shameless dissipa tion! They bow and scrape like slaves to the for eigners,willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends；…/这～的讲话刚完，接着秘书长又换了腔调骂起街来。(杨沫《青春之歌》596) After describing his servile behaviour,the dean went on to abuse the students. 奴颜婢膝subservient; servile; slavish;sycophancy
在侵略者面前～behave servilely before the aggressors/在敌人面前～bend one’s knees to(or fawn on)the enemy 奴颜婢膝nú yán bì xī颜：面容；奴颜：奴才巴结他人相；婢膝：婢女下跪。形容卑躬屈节地讨好他人。servile, fawn on, flatter sedulously, bend one’s knees before |