subordination

[英] [səbˌ ɔ:dɪˈneɪʃən] [美] [səbˌ ɔrd n:ˈeʃən] 生词本

n.

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The noun and adjective are pronounced /'səbɔdɪnət/. The verb is pronounced /'səbɔdɪneɪt/. 名词和形容词读作 /'səbɔdɪnət/。动词读作 /'səbɔdɪneɪt/。
1. N-COUNT 下级;下属;部属 If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for. 
  • Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates...

    黑格不愿向下属请教。

  • Nearly all her subordinates adored her.

    几乎所有的下属都崇拜她。

2. ADJ 隶属的;从属的;下级的 Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you. 
  • Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example...

    他的60个下级官员都以他为榜样。

  • Women were regarded as subordinate to free men.

    过去女人被认为是从属于自由民的。

3. ADJ-GRADED 次要的;其次的 Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing. 
  • It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.

    这是一种形象胜于语言的艺术。

4. VERB 把…置于次要地位;看轻 If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing. 
  • He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim.

    为了这个目标他愿意并能够把其他一切都放在次要的位置。

subordination
  • ...the social subordination of women.

    女性的社会从属地位

  • ...economic subordination to Europe.

    经济上从属于欧洲

Noun

1. the state of being subordinate to something

2. the semantic relation of being subordinate or belonging to a lower rank or class

3. the grammatical relation of a modifying word or phrase to its head

4. the quality of obedient submissiveness

5. the act of mastering or subordinating someone

数学

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  • 1.从属性

法律

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