subservient
pronunciation
UK [səbˈsɜ:viənt]
US [səbˈsɜrviənt]
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- adj.
- 卑躬屈节的
- 有帮助的
- 充当下手的
- 马屁精
Word Origin
subservient 温驯的，谄媚的
sub-,在下，在后，serve,服务，-ent,形容词后缀。引申比喻义温驯的，谄媚的等。
Example
- 1. They depend on it.it keeps them subservient .
- 他们依靠它.它保持了他们的屈从.
- 2. She became submissive and subservient .
- 她变得卑躬屈膝，唯唯诺诺。
- 3. It 's difficult to imagine another industry so thoroughly subservient to one player .
- 很难想象其他产业会如此彻底地臣服于一个玩家脚下。
- 4. Despite the leadership transition in pyongyang , beijing 's objectives remain unchanged : to see an economically viable , subservient country on the northern half of the korean peninsula for the foreseeable future .
- 尽管平壤领导权已经转移，北京的目标仍保持不变：就是要在可预见的未来，在朝鲜半岛的北半部看到一个在经济上行得通的顺从中国的国家。
- 5. In many renaissance portraits , perspective is used to articulate a relationship of dominance : the wealthy merchant is shown against a window-view of his city , which seems subservient to his controlling gaze .
- 在一些文艺复兴的画像当中，透视是用来表达一个关系上的主导地位：富有的商人对着窗口查看他的城市，这些似乎是屈从于他控制的目光。
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