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

• 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。
• Hong Kongers are today far more openly critical of their government and resentful of its subservient attitude to Beijing, than they ever were of their colonial rulers.
  与对其殖民统治者相比，今天的香港人对政府的批评要公开得多，对香港政府屈从于北京的态度也更加不满。
• How could he choose for himself, he was a slave, completely subservient to his master?
  他是个仆人，完全服从他的主人，他怎么能自己选择呢？
• People should not is regard as subservient to the economic system
  不应把人的因素看成是经济体制的附庸
• 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。
• It was horrible to have to be affable and subservient. Last night I went to the cinema and saw a scary film. I went out in the middle of it. It was too frightening.
  昨于我去电影院看了一场恐怖片，中途我跑了出来，这太可怕了。
• Duality has kept you from knowing the truth about yourself, and you have been led to believe that you were meant to be lesser Beings subservient to those in power.
  二元世界把你和你知觉的真实自己分开，你被教导成为一个较低的存有去听从于那些拥有权力的人。
• The Parliament which used to be a subservient arm of the Executive is now a vigorous forum for debate, and an important check on Executive power.
  议会过去是行政部门的一个唯唯诺诺的臂膊，现在成为了一个举行辩论的活跃论坛，成为了行政权力的一个重要制衡。
• He was subservient and servile
  他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
• They should see themselves as aliens, as exiles, and yet they should see themselves as properly subservient, honorable, well behaved exiles in a Roman context.
  他们应该把自己当做入境者，寄居者，并应该把自己看做是，适当屈从的和可敬的，行为良好的在罗马的寄居者。