subservient

subservient
adjective
  1. prepared to obey others unquestioningly
    无条件顺从的
    she was subservient to her parents.
    她对父母百依百顺。
    ■less important; subordinate
    次要的；附属的，从属的
    the theory makes freedom subservient to control.
    这种理论使自由从属于控制。
    ■serving as a means to an end
    为达到目的的
    the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights.
    整个叙述都是为了实现道德教育的计划，即阐明体现在12位骑士身上的12种美德。
派生
subservience
noun
subserviency
noun
subserviently
adverb
语源
  1. mid 17th cent.: from Latin subservient- 'subjecting to, complying with', from the verb subservire (see subserve)
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