subservience
subservience 英 [səb'sɜːvɪəns] 美 [səb'sɝvɪəns]
n. 有益；奉承，谄媚；从属性
名词复数:subserviences
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- n. 有益；奉承，谄媚；从属性
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1. Gorbachev seems to have mastered it to perfection - critical in private, but in public a model of energetic subservience, a perfect heir apparent for the Kremlin old guard.
戈尔巴乔夫似乎已经熟练掌握这种本领，以至于到了炉火纯青的地步：私底下发表批判性的观点，但在公开场合又是一套模式性的积极奉承。活像一个克里姆林宫保守势力的完美接班人。
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2. Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience and marks unbelievers for murder.
在其中一种制度下，一小撮狂热分子要求全体服从一种压制性的意识形态，迫使妇女卑屈，杀害不信仰者。
- subservience (n.) 1670s, from subservient + -ence. Related: Subserviency (1620s).
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