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subservient
[英] [səbˈsɜ:vi:ənt] [美] [səbˈsə:viənt] 生词本

adj.

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  • 英英释义

1. ADJ-GRADED 屈从的;恭顺的;顺从的 If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do. 

  • She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.

    她被要求对叔叔恭敬顺从。

subservience

  • ...an austere regime stressing obedience and subservience to authority.

    强调要服从并听命于当局的强权政权

2. ADJ 次要的;从属于…的 If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing. 

  • The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest.

    妇女的需求被认为要服从团体的利益。

Adjective

1. compliant and obedient to authority;

  • "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw

2. 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"