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subservient是什么意思

2024-02-12 09:15:16
subservient
美[səbsɜːrviənt]  英[səbsɜːviənt]
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
  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"

  2. serving or acting as a means or aid;

    "instrumental in solving the crime"

  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" "she has become submissive and subservient"

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. 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。
  2. Hes totally subservient to his boss.他对上司俯首帖耳。
  3. He hated being subservient to this dean.处于比院长低一截的地位,实在让他厌恶。
  4. 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。