subordinate
subordinate 英 [səˈbɔ:dɪnət] 美 [səˈbɔrdɪnət]
n. 下属，属下 adj. 从属的；次要的 vt. 使……居下位；使……服从
进行时:subordinating 过去式:subordinated 过去分词:subordinated 第三人称单数:subordinates 名词复数:subordinates
- Subordinate means putting one thing below another––a subordinate is someone who works for someone else, and to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. "We subordinate our desire for popcorn to our desire to keep watching the movie."
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- n. 下属，属下
- adj. 从属的；次要的
- vt. 使……居下位；使……服从
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1. All other issues are subordinate to this one.
所有其他问题都没有这一问题重要。
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2. the relationship between subordinates and superiors
上下级关系
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3. Safety considerations were subordinated to commercial interests.
商业利益置于安全考虑之上。
- subordinate (adj.) mid-15c., "having an inferior rank," from Medieval Latin subordinatus "placed in a lower order, made subject," past participle of subordinare "place in a lower order," from Latin sub "under" (see sub-) + ordinare "arrange, set in order," from ordo (genitive ordinis) "row, rank, series, arrangement" (see order (n.)). Related: Subordinance; subordinant; subordinately. For "of or pertaining to the classificatory rank of a suborder," subordinal (1842) is used.
- subordinate (n.) "one inferior in power, rank, office, etc.," 1630s, from subordinate (adj.).
- subordinate (v.) "to bring into a subordinate position to something else, to make of less value, to make auxiliary or dependent," 1590s, from Medieval Latin subordinatus (see subordinate (adj.)). Related: Subordinated; subordinating.
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