Word · Frequency #19471
subservient
顺从的；恭顺的；服从的
willing to obey others; compliant and submissive to authority
- 1.
Useful in an inferior capacity.
在从属地位中有用的
- 2.
compliant and obedient to authority; -G. B. Shaw
顺从的,服从权威的
- 3.
Obsequiously submissive.
卑躬屈膝的
- 4.
serving or acting as a means or aid
作为手段或辅助的
- 5.
abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant; ; - S.H.Adams
卑躬屈膝的,奴性的；奴仆般的
卑躬屈膝的；奴颜婢膝的；低声下气的；从属的；辅助的；作为手段的；在从属地位中有用的；顺从的,服从权威的；卑躬屈膝的
In use
He gave a subservient nod to his manager, afraid to say no.
The assistant was entirely subservient to her supervisor, even when she disagreed.
Her subservient tone during the argument made her opponent feel powerful.
editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones
she has become submissive and subservient
be subservient to sb/sth
介词to引出顺从的对象。
He was subservient to his boss.
他对老板很顺从。
remain subservient (to sb/sth)
Connections
Collocations
- subservient to somebody
- 对某人卑躬屈膝；顺从某人
- He was always subservient to his boss.他对老板总是卑躬屈膝。
- subservient role
- 从属角色；辅助角色
- Women were once expected to play a subservient role in the family.女性曾被期待在家庭中扮演从属角色。
- subservient attitude
- 卑躬屈膝的态度；奴颜婢膝的态度
- His subservient attitude toward the manager annoyed everyone.他对经理那副卑躬屈膝的态度让所有人都反感。
- politically subservient
- 政治上从属的；在政治上顺从的
- The small country was politically subservient to its powerful neighbor.这个小国在政治上从属于其强大的邻国。
- subservient relationship
- 从属关系；依附关系
- The colony maintained a subservient relationship with the mother country.这个殖民地与宗主国保持从属关系。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
sub（下）+serv（服务）→ 在下面服务，像仆人一样顺从、卑躬屈膝。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、political commentary、workplace relations subservient 通常用于正式语境，多出现在书面语或严肃讨论中，形容对权威或上级的顺从甚至卑屈，也可表示从属、辅助的关系。日常口语中较少用，口语常说 obedient 或 submissive。
Pronunciation & Spelling
本组没有和 subservient 完全押韵的常用词，全部是拼写或后缀近似词。deviant 的末尾 /viənt/ 与 subservient 的非重读后缀相同，但重音元音不同；convenient、obedient、ingredient、lenient 都以 -ient 结尾，但分别读 /viːniənt/、/biːdiənt/、/ɡriːdiənt/、/liːniənt/；patient 的 -tient 读 /ʃənt/，注意不要按拼写误读。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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