Uriah Heepishness

名词 n.
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英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fawning, cloying servility and obsequiousness. uncountable
    — To a man, the other candidates, imagining the College expected them to glorify Uriah Heepishness, proceeded on the old trite track to decry ambition as one of the devastating forces of humanity.

词源

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