servile
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英 ['s??va?l]
美['s?v?l]
- adj. 奴隸的；奴性的；卑屈的；卑屈的
TEM8GRE擴展詞匯
詞態變化
名詞:?servility;
中文詞源
servile 奴性的
來自拉丁語 servus,奴隸，奴仆，詞源同 serve,服侍。-ile,形容詞后綴。引申詞義奴性的。
英文詞源
- servile (adj.)
- late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars, name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600.
雙語例句
- 1. They said she had a servile attitude to her employer.
- 他們說她對她的老板阿諛逢迎。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.
- 一個正直的法官不能一味順從輿論.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. He is servile to his boss.
- 他對老板一味地順從.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He was subservient and servile.
- 他低聲下氣、卑躬屈膝。
來自辭典例句
- 5. A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.
- 一個柔弱的文明對那些掠奪成性的自由人來說是一份長期有效的請帖.
來自辭典例句