- subordinate (to somebody)
having less power or authority than somebody else in a group or an organization 隶属的;从属的;下级的 In some societies women are still subordinate to men. 在一些社会中,女性仍然从属于男性。 She was directly subordinate to the president. 她直接听命于总裁。 The monarch is formally subordinate to Parliament. 君主正式向议会负责。
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- subordinate (to something)
less important than something else synonym secondary次要的 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin subordinatus ‘placed in an inferior rank’, from Latin sub- ‘below’ + ordinare ‘ordain’.