词族 · subservient
中文词源
subservient 温驯的，谄媚的
sub-,在下，在后，serve,服务，-ent,形容词后缀。引申比喻义温驯的，谄媚的等。
英语词源
- subservient (adj.)
- 1630s, "useful, serviceable," from Latin subservientem (nominative subserviens), present participle of subservire "assist, serve, come to the help of, lend support," from sub "under" (see sub-) + servire "serve" (see serve (v.)). The meaning "slavishly obedient" is first recorded 1794. Related: Subserviently.
权威例句
- 1. She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
- 她被要求对叔叔恭敬顺从。
- 2. The woman's needs are seen as subservient to the group interest.
- 妇女的需求被认为要服从团体的利益。
- 3. The press was accused of being subservient to the government.
- 有人指责新闻界一味迎合政府的旨意。
- 4. He was subservient and servile.
- 他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
- 5. People should not be regarded as subservient to the economic system.
- 不应把人的因素看成是经济体制的附庸.