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.

  1. 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。
  2. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 屈从的;恭顺的;顺从的
    If you are subservient, 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。
  2. ADJ 次要的;从属于…的
    If you treat one thing as subservient to another, 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

  1. He was subservient and servile
    他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
  2. She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
    她被要求对叔叔恭敬顺从。
  3. 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。
  4. We make ourselves subservient to our poetry.
    我们使我们屈从于我们的诗。
  5. 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。
  6. The military strategy must be subservient to this new political process.
    军事战略必须服从这一新政治进程。
  7. 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。
  8. There is nothing in life which harasses and annoys that may not become subservient to the highest ends.
    要记得你生活上困恼和烦扰,没有一点是徒然的。
  9. 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。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. Intellectually subservient to the west, it followed the consensus of freer markets and smaller states.
    在思想上对西方亦步亦趋的亚洲,遵循着有关建立“自由市场”和“小政府”的共识路线。
  13. 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。
  14. 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。
  15. In countries where think-tanks are subservient to the state, such as China and Russia, foreign outfits such as Carnegie enjoy a reputation for independence.
    在智库为国家所豢养的国家,比如中国和俄罗斯,卡耐基基金会这样的外国组织享有独立的盛名。
  16. She has become submissive and subservient.
    她变得谦让恭顺,唯命是从。
  17. 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
  18. The best CFOs have a close, mutually respectful, but not subservient relationship with the chief executive.
    最优秀的首席财务官应与首席执行官保持一种亲密、互相尊重、但不谄媚的关系。
  19. More peoples loyal and subservient to rome.
    越来越多的人们忠心臣服于罗马帝国。
  20. This model is used when QA is, for lack of a better term, subservient to development.
    说得难听一点,当QA完全“服从”开发人员时,可以使用该模式。
  21. 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?
  22. 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。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. They were shifty, cheerful, subservient men.
    他们都属于这类人:随机应变,欢欢喜喜,善于奉承。
  26. He hated heing subservient to this dean.
    处于比院长低一截的地位,实在让他厌恶。
  27. All other considerations are subservient to the need for quick profit.
    所有其他的考虑都有服从于快速获利的需要。
  28. Editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones-g.b.shaw.
    那些与富人利益作对的表达他们观点的编辑和记者被开除了并被那些屈从的人所取代-g.b.肖。
  29. "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。
  30. Experience is subservient to knowledge.
    经验有助于知识(的增进)。