subservient

英 [səbˈsɜːviənt]

美 [səbˈsɜːrviənt]

adj.  恭顺的; 驯服的; 谄媚的; 卑躬屈膝的; 次要; 从属于

Collins.1 / BNC.19471 / COCA.21667

牛津词典

adj.

• 恭顺的；驯服的；谄媚的；卑躬屈膝的
  too willing to obey other people
  1. The press was accused of being subservient to the government.
     有人指责新闻界一味迎合政府的旨意。
• 次要；从属于
  less important than sth else
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 屈从的;恭顺的;顺从的
  If you aresubservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do.
  1. She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
     她被要求对叔叔恭敬顺从。
• ADJ 次要的;从属于…的
  If you treat one thing assubservient toanother, you treat it as less important than the other thing.
  1. 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。

双语例句

• She has become submissive and subservient.
  她变得谦让恭顺，唯命是从。
• Although it continued to be taught in European universities, it was seen as subservient to the study of Natural, Metaphysical and Moral Philosophy.
  虽然它仍然是欧洲的大学教授，它被认为是屈从于研究自然，形而上学和道德哲学。
• We make ourselves subservient to our poetry.
  我们使我们屈从于我们的诗。
• In the first Critique the imagination is subservient to the categories in its ordering of the sense data.
  在《第一批判》中，想像力屈从于范畴排秩感性资料的力量之下。
• Services themselves should be treated as subservient to the higher level system or systems that use them.
  服务本身应被视为屈从于更高层次的系统或系统的使用。
• The middle class is weak and ineffectual and tends to become dependent on and subservient to the ruling class.
  中产阶级软弱无能，趋向依赖和屈服于统治阶级。
• He was subservient and servile
  他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
• "How are you feeling now, sir?" he asked, with the subservient smirk.
  现在，你觉得怎么样了，先生？他含着谄媚的假笑问。
• 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。
• She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
  她被要求对叔叔恭敬顺从。