单词 | subservient |
释义 | subservient —subservience, subserviency, n. —subserviently, adv. /seuhb serr"vee euhnt/, adj. 1. serving or acting in a subordinate capacity; subordinate. 2. servile; excessively submissive; obsequious: subservient persons; subservient conduct. 3. useful in promoting a purpose or end. [1625-35; < L subservient- (s. of subserviens, prp. of subservire to SUBSERVE), equiv. to sub- SUB- + servi-, s. of servire to SERVE + -ent -ENT] |
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