中文词源
servile 奴性的
来自拉丁语 servus,奴隶，奴仆，词源同 serve,服侍。-ile,形容词后缀。引申词义奴性的。
英语词源
- servile (adj.)
- late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars, name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600.
权威例句
- 1. They said she had a servile attitude to her employer.
- 他们说她对她的老板阿谀逢迎。
- 2. An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.
- 一个正直的法官不能一味顺从舆论.
- 3. He is servile to his boss.
- 他对老板一味地顺从.
- 4. He was subservient and servile.
- 他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
- 5. A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.
- 一个柔弱的文明对那些掠夺成性的自由人来说是一份长期有效的请帖.