Uriah Heepish

形容词 adj.
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英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Exhibiting cloying, insincere obsequiousness.
    — Flunky opens the door, his face wreathed in a Uriah-Heepish smile of servility.

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词源

From Uriah Heep + -ish: From the Dickens character Uriah Heep, noted for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, the stereotypical yes man.
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