subservient
英 [s?b's??v??nt]
美
- adj. 屈從的；奉承的；有用的；有幫助的
英英釋意
- 1. compliant and obedient to authority;
- "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw
- 2. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
- "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"
- "a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams
- "she has become submissive and subservient"
