subservient

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美 [səbˈsɜrviənt] word us audio image

  • adj.
    卑躬屈节的
    有帮助的
    充当下手的
    马屁精

单词词源

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。

双语例句

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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