servile

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英 [ˈsɜ:vaɪl]

美 [ˈsɜrvl]

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adj.

过分屈从的；缺乏独立性的；（似）仆人的；为仆人的

英英释义

servile[ 'sə:vail, -vil- ]

adj.
- submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
  "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"
- relating to or involving slaves
  "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"

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双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

He was made to do servile tasks.
他被迫做奴隶的工作。

权威例句

The servile state
Il lavoro servile e le nuove schiavitù
The Servile Mind : How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life / K. Minogue
We Will No Longer Be Servile: Aprismo in 1930s Ayacucho
Turning Servile Opportunities to Gold: A Strategic Analysis of the Corporate Opportunities Doctrine
Social Misfits: Veterans and Soldiers' Families in Servile Russia
Servile Sentinels of the City: Private Security Guards, Organized Informality, and Labour in Interactive Services in Globalized India
Malagasy at the Mascarenes: Publishing in a Servile Vernacular before the French Revolution
Inboekselings and Oorlams: The creation and transformation of a servile class
Stigmates sociaux et discriminations religieuses : l'ancienne classe servile au Fuuta Jaloo

同义词

slavish

反义词

domineering

同根词

servitude servility servile

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