obeisant 尊敬的
- Nothing in the academic tradition requires today's thinkers and writers to be obeisant to yesterday's.
学术传统并未要求思想家或作者对前人恭顺服从;
Obeisant \O*bei"sant\, a. [F. ob['e]issant, p. pr. of ob['e]ir
to obey.]
Ready to obey; reverent; deferential; also, servilely
submissive.