专业释义英英释义
subservient [ səb:sə:viənt ]
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adj.
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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"
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serving or acting as a means or aid
同义词： implemental instrumental
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abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
"she has become submissive and subservient"
同义词： slavish submissive
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compliant and obedient to authority
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
subservient /səbˈsɜːvɪənt/
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ADJ If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do. 顺从的
例：Her willingness to be subservient to her children isolated her.
她对她的孩子们顺从的意愿使她陷于孤立。
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2.
subservience N-UNCOUNT 顺从
例：...an austere regime stressing obedience and subservience to authority.
…一个强调对当局的服从和恭顺的严厉政权。
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ADJ If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing. 从属的; 次要的 [v-link ADJ 'to' n]
例：The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest.
这名妇女的需要被视为从属于集体利益。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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He was subservient and servile.
他恭敬顺从，卑躬屈膝。
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The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest.
这名妇女的需要被视为从属于集体利益。
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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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She both loved and respected Horne, who was the first African American to land a major Hollywood contract, at a time when blacks were cast only in subservient roles.
VOA: standard.2010.05.15
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That is to say, it is subservient to the natural world; its importance is that it refers to that world.
也就是说，这些学科都是自然世界的奴仆;,它们存在的价值就是去解释那个自然世界。
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They are subservient to an idea that they have to express, which is the idea of God, right, and God is real.
它们臣服于那个需要它们阐释的观点，上帝的观点，是的，上帝也是实实在在的。
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