subservient
adjective /səbˈsɜːviənt/
/səbˈsɜːrviənt/
- subservient (to somebody/something) (disapproving) too willing to obey other people
恭顺的；驯服的；谄媚的；卑躬屈膝的 - The press was accused of being subservient to the government.
有人指责新闻界一味迎合政府。 - Women were expected to take subservient roles.
人们期望妇女扮演屈从的角色。
- The press was accused of being subservient to the government.
- subservient (to something) (formal) less important than something else
次要；从属于 - The needs of individuals were subservient to those of the group as a whole.
个人的需要服从于整个集体的需要。 - Every consideration was subservient to the overriding need to cut costs.
每一个考虑都服从于削减成本的压倒一切的需要。
- The needs of individuals were subservient to those of the group as a whole.
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with’, from the verb subservire (see sub-, serve).