too willing to accept somebody else’s authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do 唯命是从的;顺从的;驯服的;听话的 He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive. 他期望女儿都温顺听话。 She followed him like a submissive child. 她像个听话的孩子一样跟着他。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from submission, on the pattern of pairs such as remission, remissive.