Subservient



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• adj.恭顺的
• ［英］ adj.恭顺的 ( obsequiously submissive;truckling)
• ［记］ sub ( 下面) ＋serv ( 服务) ＋ient -> 在下面服务 -> 恭顺的

Webster Collegiate

adjective

• Etymology: Latin subservient-, subserviens, present participle of subservire
• Date: circa 1626
• 1. useful in an inferior capacity ; subordinate
• 2. serving to promote some end
• 3. obsequiously submissive ; truckling
• ? subserviently adverb
• Synonyms:
  • subservient, servile, slavish, obsequious mean showing or characterized by extreme compliance or abject obedience. subservient implies the cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position <domestic help was expected to be properly subservient>. servile suggests the mean or fawning behavior of a slave<a political boss and his entourage of servile hangers-on>. slavish suggests abject or debased servility<the slavish status of migrant farm workers>. obsequious implies fawning or sycophantic compliance and exaggerated deference of manner<waiters who are obsequious in the presence of celebrities>.

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