Word · Frequency #3904
subsidiary
辅助性的；补充的
Auxiliary; functioning in a supporting capacity.
- 1.
Auxiliary or supplemental.
辅助的；补充的
- 2.
Secondary or subordinate.
次要的；从属的
- 3.
Of or relating to a subsidy.
与补贴有关的
- 4.
functioning in a supporting capacity
辅助性的
次要的；从属的；补贴的；补助的；辅助的；补充的；与补贴有关的；辅助性的
In use
Her main job was to teach, but she also performed subsidiary duties like organizing the library.
We focused on the main problem and treated the other issues as subsidiary concerns.
The research project included a subsidiary experiment to test the reliability of the results.
Connections
Collocations
- subsidiary company
- 子公司；附属公司
- They opened a subsidiary company to manage their European business.他们开设了一家子公司来管理欧洲业务。
- subsidiary role
- 辅助作用；次要角色
- In this project, marketing plays a subsidiary role to product development.在这个项目中，市场营销对产品开发来说只起辅助作用。
- subsidiary issue
- 次要问题
- We should focus on the main problem and ignore subsidiary issues for now.我们应该先关注主要问题，暂时忽略次要问题。
- subsidiary source of income
- 补充收入来源
- He works as a tutor to earn a subsidiary source of income.他做家教以获得补充收入。
- subsidiary legislation
- 附属法规；辅助性立法
- The ministry issued subsidiary legislation to implement the new law.该部发布了附属法规来实施这项新法律。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记作：sub（下）+ sid（坐）+ iary，仿佛坐在下方辅助的助手，故为辅助的、次要的。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：法律或合同文本、商业报告、学术论文 作为形容词，subsidiary 多用于正式语境，表示“辅助的、次要的或从属的”；日常口语中较少使用，更常说 secondary 或 extra。
Grammar Note
常与to连用，表示'从属于...'
Pronunciation & Spelling
None of these words rhymes exactly with subsidiary /səbˈsɪdiˌɛri/. The closest lookalike is incendiary /ɪnˈsɛndiˌɛri/, which shares the '-diary' ending but has a different stressed vowel (/ɛ/ vs /ɪ/). Auxiliary /ɔːɡˈzɪliˌɛri/ has a similar stress pattern and final /ˌɛri/, but the consonant after the stressed vowel is /l/, not /d/. Aviary, apiary, and pecuniary all end in /ˌɛri/ but with different stressed vowels and consonants. Diary is a false friend: it looks like '-iary' but is pronounced /ˈdaɪəri/, not /ˌɛri/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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