| 单词 | subordinate |
| 释义 | subordinate (once / 359 pages) nadjv Subordinate means putting one thing below another––a subordinate is someone who works for someone else, and to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. "We subordinate our desire for popcorn to our desire to keep watching the movie." The ordinate part of subordinate refers to an ordering of things, and sub- means "lower." "In the army, a private is subordinate to an officer, whether that officer is his direct commander or not." When it's a noun or adjective, the word is pronounced "suh-BOR-duh-nit," and when it's a verb, "suh-BOR-duh-nate." WORD FAMILYsubordinate: insubordinate, subordinated, subordinately, subordinateness, subordinates, subordinating, subordination+/insubordinate: insubordinately/insubordination: insubordinations/subordination: insubordination, subordinations USAGE EXAMPLESThe theologians do this, he said, to justify biblical gender roles in which women are subordinate to men. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) “While he was at the top of the organization, the evidence does not show that he was as involved...as his subordinates were,” Fox wrote. Los Angeles Times(Dec 24, 2016) It was the latest in a string of mishaps caused by Ms Raggi’s choice of subordinates. Economist(Dec 20, 2016) 1n an assistant subject to the authority or control of another Syn|Hypo|Hyper foot soldier, subsidiary, underling associate a person with subordinate membership in a society, institution, or commercial enterprise bottom doga person of low status coga subordinate who performs an important but routine function mana male subordinate second banana, second fiddlesomeone who serves in a subordinate capacity or plays a secondary role assistant, help, helper, supporter a person who contributes to the fulfillment of a need or furtherance of an effort or purpose 2n a word that is more specific than a given word Syn|Hyper hyponym, subordinate word word a unit of language that native speakers can identify 3adj lower in rank or importance Syn|Ant low-level adjunct, assistant of or relating to a person who is subordinate to another associatehaving partial rights and privileges or subordinate status secondarybelonging to a lower class or rank underlower in rank, power, or authority inferiorof or characteristic of low rank or importance dominant exercising influence or control ascendant, ascendent, dominatingmost powerful or important or influential controllingable to control or determine policy governingresponsible for making and enforcing rules and laws overriding, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, preponderatinghaving superior power and influence possessivehaving or showing a desire to control or dominate sovereign, supremegreatest in status or authority or power superior(sometimes followed by `to') not subject to or influenced by superiorof or characteristic of high rank or importance 4adj subject or submissive to authority or the control of another a subordinate kingdom Syn|Ant submissive inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination low-levellower in rank or importance feudatoryowing feudal allegiance to or being subject to a sovereign ruledsubject to a ruling authority dependent, subjectbeing under the power or sovereignty of another or others subservientcompliant and obedient to authority insubordinate not submissive to authority defiant, noncompliantboldly resisting authority or an opposing force contumaciouswilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient disobedient, unrulyunwilling to submit to authority mutinousdisposed to or in a state of mutiny rebelliousresisting control or authority 5adj (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence Syn|Ant dependent independent, main (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence 6v rank or order as less important or consider of less value Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools Hypo|Hyper outclass cause to appear in a lower class grade, order, place, range, rank, rate assign a rank or rating to 7v make subordinate, dependent, or subservient Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler Syn|Hyper subdue lour, lower set lower |
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