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单词 obeisance
释义
obeisance
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/əʊˈbeɪ.səns/us
/oʊˈbeɪ.səns/
thefactofobeyingorrespectingsomeone, or something you do thatexpressesthis:
敬仰；恭敬；鞠躬，敬礼
One by one thenoblemenmadetheirobeisances(=bentat thewaist)tothequeen.贵族们一一向女王鞠躬行礼。
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Showing respect and admiration
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Obedient and compliant
(Definition ofobeisancefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofobeisance

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There is the usual ritualobeisanceto social movements, but apart from green groups social movements in contemporary capitalism are significant by their absence.
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Rigid hierarchy and arbitrary authority led to sycophantism, fear, andobeisance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Below: an underling makes a traditional gesture ofobeisance.
From theCambridge English Corpus
To quote this statement has become a piece of ritualobeisancecharacterised by little critical thinking.
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I must first make a disclaimer by complying with the usualobeisanceto the courage and professionalism of our armed forces.
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Obeisanceto tradition is one matter; administrative efficiency is another.
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There has had to be someobeisanceto the political pressures.
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I say "predictable", because it would have been astonishing if, in a debate on economic forces, we did not pay our customaryobeisanceto inflation.
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In the past, all political parties have paidobeisanceto it.
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The question is, does his statement on this mean anything, or it is just anobeisanceto the popular ideas of the moment?
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The wiry, athletic mountain chief, instead of bowing, managed to lean his head backwards and pass underneath the archway without having madeobeisance.
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I am not recommending a position ofobeisance.
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Therefore, it is a mere superfluity, a mereobeisanceto tradition, to allow a degree of debate.
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It may be said that we have voted to make anobeisanceto prejudice.
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They are continuing till then simply as anobeisanceto some of their backbench supporters.
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