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subservient

英[səb'sɜːvɪənt] 美
  • adj. 屈从的;奉承的;有用的;有帮助的

英英释意


1. compliant and obedient to authority;
"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
2. 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"