sub·mis·sive
adjective/səbˈmɪsɪv/
/səbˈmɪsɪv/
- too willing to accept somebody else’s authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do
唯命是从的；顺从的；驯服的；听话的 - He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
他期望女儿都温顺听话。 - She followed him like a submissive child.
她像个听话的孩子一样跟着他。
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from submission, on the pattern of pairs such as remission, remissive. - He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.