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submissive

英[səb'mɪsɪv] 美[səb'mɪsɪv]
  • adj. 顺从的;服从的;柔顺的

英英释意


1. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination;
"submissive servants"
"a submissive reply"
"replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"
2. willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
3. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
"slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
"a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams
"she has become submissive and subservient"