subservience

英 [səb'sɜːviəns] 美 [səb'sɜːviəns]

• n. 有用；从属；奉承

英英释义

Noun:

1. the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan;

   "all his actions were in subservience to the general plan"
   

2. in a subservient state

3. abject or cringing submissiveness

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. But the Worldwide Robotics Corporation did promise that every new robot built would be installed with a subservience chip?
   但世界机器人公司承诺所有新建造的机器人都会安装一个从属芯片？

经典引文

• The subservience..of..animal courage to intellect.

  出自： Coleridge

• She was..forced into a position of childlike subservience.

  出自： M. Lane

词汇搭配

• subservient 卑屈的

近反义词

【近义词】

• obedience 服从
• servility 奴性
• obsequiousness 奉承
• subservientness 从属