subservient是什么意思
2024-02-12 09:15:16
subservient
adj. 卑屈的;奉承的;次要的;从属的
副词:subserviently 名词:subservience
近义词:acquiescent,compliant,obedient,conformable,dependent,relative,submissive,docile,deferential,passive,meek,servile,slavish,implemental,instrumental,
英英释义
Adjective
- 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"
- serving or acting as a means or aid;
"instrumental in solving the crime"
- abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life" "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses" "she has become submissive and subservient"
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- It was horrible to have to be affable and subservient不得不强作欢颜卖弄风骚,真是太可怕了。
- Hes totally subservient to his boss.他对上司俯首帖耳。
- He hated being subservient to this dean.处于比院长低一截的地位,实在让他厌恶。
- The needs of individuals were subservient to those of the group as a whole.个人的需要服从于整个集体的需要。
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