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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He was subservient and servile
  他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
• Experience is subservient to knowledge.
  经验有助于知识（的增进）。
• She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
  她被要求对叔叔恭敬顺从。
• 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。
• 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？
• More peoples loyal and subservient to rome.
  越来越多的人们忠心臣服于罗马帝国。
• 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。