subservient
subservient 英 [səbˈsɜ:viənt] 美 [səbˈsɜrviənt]
adj. 屈从的；奉承的；有用的；有帮助的
名词复数:subservients
- Subservient means "compliant," "obedient," "submissive," or having the qualities of a servant. Something that's subservient has been made useful, or put into the service of, something else.
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- adj. 屈从的；奉承的；有用的；有帮助的
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1. The Parliament which used to be a subservient arm of the Executive is now a vigorous forum for debate, and an important check on Executive power.
议会过去是行政部门的一个唯唯诺诺的臂膊，现在成为了一个举行辩论的活跃论坛，成为了行政权力的一个重要制衡。
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2. They should see themselves as aliens,as exiles, and yet they should see themselves as properly subservient,honorable, well behaved exiles in a Roman context.
他们应该把自己当做入境者，寄居者，并应该把自己看做是,适当屈从的和可敬的，行为良好的在罗马的寄居者。
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3. We tend to expect certain things from our wives but we cannot bring ourselves to show honor and respect to such that is subservient.
我们期待妻子能给我们某些东西，可是我们不能表现出那些让人觉得屈从的荣誉与尊重。
- 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.
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