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

• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• She has become submissive and subservient.
  她变得谦让恭顺，唯命是从。