Subordinate



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解释

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• adj.附属的; n.部下, 下属
• ［英］ adj.附属的 ( placed in a lower class, rank, or position)
• ［记］ sub ( 下面) ＋ordin ( 顺序) ＋ate -> 顺序在下面 -> 附属的
• ［同］ 派生词: subordinacy ( n. 隶属; 下级地位) ; subordination ( n. 从属, 部下)

Webster Collegiate

I. adjective

• Etymology: Middle English subordinat, from Medieval Latin subordinatus, past participle of subordinare to subordinate, from Latin sub- + ordinare to order — more at ordain
• Date: 15th century
• 1. placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position ; inferior <a subordinate officer>
• 2. submissive to or controlled by authority
• 3.
  • a. of, relating to, or constituting a clause that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb
  • b. subordinating
• ? subordinately adverb
• ? subordinateness noun

II. noun

• Date: 1640
• one that is subordinate

III. transitive verb (-nated; -nating)

• Etymology: Medieval Latin subordinatus
• Date: 1597
• 1. to make subject or subservient
• 2. to treat as of less value or importance <stylist…whose crystalline prose subordinates content to form — Susan Heath>
• ? subordination noun
• ? subordinative adjective

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