- subservient (to somebody/something) (disapproving) too willing to obey other people恭顺的；驯服的；谄媚的；卑躬屈膝的
- The press was accused of being subservient to the government.有人指责新闻界一味迎合政府。
- Women were expected to take subservient roles.人们期望妇女扮演屈从的角色。
- subservient (to something) (formal) less important than something else次要；从属于
- The needs of individuals were subservient to those of the group as a whole.个人的需要服从于整个集体的需要。
- Every consideration was subservient to the overriding need to cut costs.每一个考虑都服从于削减成本的压倒一切的需要。
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin subservient- ‘subjecting to, complying with’, from the verb subservire (see sub-, serve).