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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。