subject sb/sth to sth
to 是介词，后接名词或动名词；表示使经历某事，也可表示使服从或从属于某权力。
The researchers subjected the mice to loud noise.
研究人员让这些老鼠承受了巨大的噪音。
使遭受；使经受
subjects — third person singular of subject
使服从；征服；奴役；使遭受(尤指不愉快或不想经历的)；使隶属,使服从,征服,奴役；使隶属；使受到；[计] 主题
To cause someone or something to undergo an experience, especially an unpleasant one.
使遭受(尤指不愉快或不想经历的)
To cause (someone or something) to undergo a particular experience, especially one that is unpleasant or unwanted.
使隶属,使服从,征服,奴役
To make subordinate or subservient; to subdue or enslave; to subjugate.
一般现在时
They subject all applicants to a background check.
他们让所有申请者接受背景调查。
一般过去时
The scientist subjected the samples to extreme heat.
科学家让样本承受了极端高温。
现在进行时
The teacher is subjecting the students to a difficult test.
老师正在让学生经受一次困难的考试。
常与to连用
The new policy subjects all visitors to a security check.
新政策使所有访客都要接受安检。
用法提示：主语 subject 表示‘使……遭受/经历’，第三人称单数形式。
The exam subjected us to four hours of difficult questions.
这场考试让我们经历了四个小时的难题。
用法提示：subjected to 表示‘使……经历’，用过去式。
Please don't subject me to your long stories again.
请别再用你那些冗长的故事来折磨我了。
用法提示：don't subject...to... 表示‘不要使某人遭受’，用动词原形。
to 是介词，后接名词或动名词；表示使经历某事，也可表示使服从或从属于某权力。
The researchers subjected the mice to loud noise.
研究人员让这些老鼠承受了巨大的噪音。
被动形式更常见，强调被动地遭受或经受不愉快的事。
Workers are often subjected to unfair treatment.
工人常常遭受不公平的对待。
宾语为反身代词，表示使自己经历或承受某事。
She subjected herself to unnecessary criticism.
她让自己遭受了不必要的批评。
grammar · medium
易错句子The company subjected him criticism.
正确表达The company subjected him to criticism.
subject 表示“使遭受/使经受”时，固定结构是 subject sb./sth. to sth. 或 to doing sth.；汉语“使某人遭受批评”不含介词，容易漏掉 to。
grammar · medium
易错句子He subjected to criticism.
正确表达He was subjected to criticism.
subject 是及物动词；当主语是人或物承受经历时，须用被动语态 be subjected to。汉语没有 be 动词，容易把被动写成主动形式。
grammar · medium
易错句子The new policy subjected workers to work overtime.
正确表达The new policy subjected workers to working overtime.
subject sb. to 后接名词或动名词，不接动词原形；这里用 working 作介词 to 的宾语，符合 to + doing 的规则。
使某人遭受（尤指不愉快的事）
The company subjected its employees to an unreasonable workload.
公司让员工承受了不合理的工作量。
遭受；经受
The prisoners were subjected to harsh treatment.
囚犯们遭受了严酷的待遇。
使自己承受（不愉快的事）
Why would you subject yourself to such stress?
你为什么要让自己承受这样的压力？
使某物受到审查；对某物进行严格检查
The committee subjected the new policy to close scrutiny.
委员会对新政策进行了严格的审查。
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sub-（在…之下） + ject（投掷） → “投到…之下”，即使屈服/使遭受。同前缀：subway, submarine；同词根：project, reject, inject.
常与 subject to 搭配，如 subject sb to abuse，表示使某人遭受虐待。
常用 subject sth to scrutiny，表示使某事物受到仔细审查。
常见搭配 subject sb to torture，指使某人遭受拷打或折磨。
subject sb to pressure 表示使某人承受压力。
subject sb to interrogation 表示使某人受到审讯。
任何人不得加以酷刑，或施以残忍的、不人道的或侮辱性的待遇或刑罚。
The military regime subjected hundreds of citizens to arbitrary arrest.
军事政权使数百名公民遭受任意逮捕。
任何人的隐私、家庭、住宅或通信都不得受到任意干涉，他的荣誉和名誉也不得受到攻击。
She was subjected to unwanted attention from the media.
她受到媒体不必要地关注。
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