subservient

常見例句

The Parliament which used to be a subservient arm of the Executive is now a vigorous forum for debate, and an important check on Executive power.
議會過去是行政部門的一個唯唯諾諾的臂膊，現(xiàn)在成為了一個舉行辯論的活躍論壇，成為了行政權力的一個重要制衡。
They should see themselves as aliens,as exiles, and yet they should see themselves as properly subservient,honorable, well behaved exiles in a Roman context.
他們應該把自己當做入境者，寄居者，并應該把自己看做是,適當屈從的和可敬的，行為良好的在羅馬的寄居者。
It defines the traditional relationship of individuals as subservient to the state—among whose representatives none is accorded more authority than the public prosecutor.
這詮釋了屈從政府的個人與政府的傳統(tǒng)關系。在政府的代表們中，沒有誰比檢察官被賦予更大的權力。

She both loved and respected Horne, who was the first African American to land a major Hollywood contract, at a time when blacks were cast only in subservient roles.
That is to say, it is subservient to the natural world; its importance is that it refers to that world.
也就是說，這些學科都是自然世界的奴仆;,它們存在的價值就是去解釋那個自然世界。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節(jié)選
They are subservient to an idea that they have to express, which is the idea of God, right, and God is real.
它們臣服于那個需要它們闡釋的觀點，上帝的觀點，是的，上帝也是實實在在的。
耶魯公開課 - 文學理論導論課程節(jié)選

But Canadians do not like their governments to be subservient to their more powerful neighbour.
ECONOMIST: Canada
Real Men do not fill the need to place women in a subservient role if they are secure with themselves.
FORBES: Readers Say
Thatcher was going to be damned if she made Britain subservient to Germany.
FORBES: Margaret Thatcher Predicted The Failure Of The Euro In Forbes, October, 1992