submissive

[英] [səbˈmɪsɪv] [美] [səbˈmɪsɪv] 生词本

adj.

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1. ADJ-GRADED 顺从的;恭顺的;听话的 If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. 
  • Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.

    大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。

submissively
  • The troops submissively laid down their weapons.

    各部队服从命令,放下了武器。

Adjective

1. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination;

  • "submissive servants"
  • "a submissive reply"
  • "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

2. willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent

3. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;

  • "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
  • "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams
  • "she has become submissive and subservient"
1. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive.
他们早期受过的教育把他们训练得俯首帖耳、唯命是从。

来自《简明英汉词典》