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单词 subordinated
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•or•di•nat•ed  (sə bôrdn ā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. [Finance.]
  1. Banking, Businessnoting or designating a debt obligation whose holder is placed in precedence below secured and general creditors:subordinated debentures.
  • subordinate + -ed2

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•or•di•nate /adj., n. səˈbɔrdənɪt; v. -dəˌneɪt/USA pronunciation   adj., n., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
adj. 
  1. being in a lower order or rank:He had to accept a subordinate post in the new administration.
  2. of less importance;
    secondary:In some colleges teaching is considered subordinate to publications.
  3. Grammaracting as a modifier in a grammatical construction, as when I finished in They were glad when I finished.

n. [countable]
  1. a subordinate person or thing:He's a subordinate to the district attorney.

v. [+ object (+ to)]
  1. to place in a lower order or rank;
    make secondary:He subordinated his desires for wealth to the opportunity to spend time with his family.
sub•or•di•na•tion /səˌbɔrdəˈneɪʃən/USA pronunciation  n. [uncountable]See -ord-.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
sub•or•di•nate  (adj., n. sə bôrdn it;v. sə bôrdn āt′),USA pronunciation adj., n., v., -nat•ed, -nat•ing. 
adj. 
  1. placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank.
  2. of less importance;
    secondary.
  3. subject to or under the authority of a superior.
  4. subservient or inferior.
  5. subject;
    dependent.
  6. Grammar
    • acting as a modifier, as when I finished, which is subordinate to They were glad in They were glad when I finished.
    • noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction.
  7. [Obs.]submissive.

n. 
  1. a subordinate person or thing.

v.t. 
  1. to place in a lower order or rank.
  2. to make secondary (usually fol. by to):to subordinate work to pleasure.
  3. to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually fol. by to):to subordinate passion to reason.
  • Medieval Latin subōrdinātus past participle of subōrdināre to subordinate, equivalent. to Latin sub- sub- + ōrdin- (stem of ōrdō) rank, order + -ātus -ate1
  • late Middle English (adjective, adjectival) 1425–75
sub•ordi•nate•ly, adv. 
sub•ordi•nate•ness, n. 
sub•or′di•nation, sub•or•di•na•cy  (sə bôrdn ə sē),USA pronunciation n.  sub•or•di•na•tive  (sə bôrdn ā′tiv, -bôrdn ə-),USA pronunciation adj. 
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged ancillary.
    • 8.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inferior, subject.
    • 9.See corresponding entry in Unabridged lower, reduce.
    • 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged superior; primary.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
subordinate adj /səˈbɔːdɪnɪt/
  1. of lesser order or importance
  2. under the authority or control of another: a subordinate functionary
n /səˈbɔːdɪnɪt/
  1. a person or thing that is subordinate
vb /səˈbɔːdɪˌneɪt/(transitive) usually followed by to:
  1. to put in a lower rank or position (than)
  2. to make subservient: to subordinate mind to heart
Etymology: 15th Century: from Medieval Latin subordināre, from Latin sub- + ordō rank

subˈordinately adv subˌordiˈnation, subˈordinateness n subˈordinative adj
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