| 单词 | subservience |
| 释义 | subservience (once / 10629 pages) n Something that serves a purpose for someone or something else demonstrates subservience. Something that's a means to an end has subservience, like a character whose introduction has subservience to the book's plot. You can also use the word subservience to describe submissive or servile behavior, like the subservience of an obedient dog who always fetches your slippers. The word originally meant simply "usefulness," and it came from the Latin root word subservientem, "assist, or lend support." WORD FAMILYsubservience: subserviences+/subserve: subserved, subserves, subservience, subservient, subserving/subservient: subserviently, subservientness USAGE EXAMPLESHe also sounded a note of humility and subservience. Washington Post(Nov 30, 2016) As the Supreme Court recognized decades ago, that creates a relationship of “here and now subservience” between each of those officers and the president. Washington Post(Nov 27, 2016) Eventually, the character became a byword among blacks for subservience to whites. Washington Times(Oct 23, 2016) 1n the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan all his actions were in subservience to the general plan Hyper condition, status a state at a particular time 2n in a subservient state Syn|Hyper subservientness subordinateness, subsidiarity secondary importance 3n abject or cringing submissiveness Syn|Hypo|Hyper obsequiousness, servility sycophancy fawning obsequiousness submissiveness the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another person or a superior force etc. |
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