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submissive
[səbˈmɪsɪv] [səbˈmɪsɪv]

  • adj. 顺从的,服从的,卑躬屈膝的

英英释义

submissive [ səb'misiv ]

  • adj.
    • inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination

      "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"

    • abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant

      "she has become submissive and subservient"

      同义词: slavish subservient

以上来源于: WordNet

 柯林斯英汉双解大词典 

submissive /səbˈmɪsɪv/ TEM4

  • 1. 

    ADJ If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing. 顺从的

    例:

    Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.

    大多数医生都想让自己的病人们听话。

  • 2. 

    submissively ADV 顺从地

    例:

    The troops submissively laid down their weapons.

    士兵们顺从地放下了他们的武器。

同近义词同根词

词根: submit

adj.

subordinate 从属的;次要的

subordinating 连接主句和从句的;从属的

n.

subordinate 下属,下级;部属,属下

submission 投降;提交(物);服从;(向法官提出的)意见;谦恭

submissiveness 柔顺;服从

v.

subordinating 使服从(subordinate的ing形式);使成为下级

vi.

submit 提交;服从

vt.

submit 使服从;主张;呈递

subordinate 使……居下位;使……服从

双语例句原声例句

  • Often it shifts to a submissive posture too.

    通常也会转变一种顺从的姿态。

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  • This leads to building a brand of underconfident, submissive, low-impact non-leaders and hampers their growth and career advancement.

    这会导致建立一个缺乏自信、顺从、影响力低的非领导者的品牌阻碍他们的成长职业发展。

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  • In the United States, however, bowing or any type of submissive body posture is particularly irritating, for it tends to connote undue formality, aristocracy, and a nonverbal denial of egalitarianism.

    然而美国鞠躬任何形式顺从身体姿势特别令人恼火因为往往意味着不适当的礼节、贵族作风对平等主义的语言否认。

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