subordinate CET6 TEM4 ( subordinating, subordinated, subordinates )

名词和形容词读作səˈbɔːdɪnɪt动词读作səˈbɔːdɪneɪt

• 1. 

  N-COUNT If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for. 下级

  例：

  Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates.

  黑格不想向下属们寻求指导。

• 2. 

  ADJ Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you. 下级的

  例：

  Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example.

  他的60个下级官员都以他为榜样。

• 3. 

  ADJ Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing. 次要的; 从属的

  例：

  It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.

  它是一种语言比图像次要的艺术。

• 4. 

  V-T If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing. 使从属于; 把…列于次要地位

  例：

  He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim.

  他既愿意也能够让别的一切从属于这个目标。

• 5. 

  subordination N-UNCOUNT 从属; 次要

  例：

  ...the social subordination of women.

  …妇女们的社会从属地位。