/səˈbɔːdɪnət/1
- lower in rank or position下级的, 级别低的：
his subordinate officers.
他的下属官员。
1.1
- of less or secondary importance次要的, 第二位的：
in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action.
在惊险故事中, 人物必须让位于情节。
/səˈbɔːdɪneɪt/
with obj.
1- treat or regard as of lesser importance than something else使成为次要, 使居于第二位：
practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency.
为了政治上的权宜之计, 现实的考虑被放在了次要地位。
1.1
- make subservient to or dependent on something else使隶属, 使服从。
派生词
subordinately
adverbsubordination
nounsubordinative
adjective词源
late Middle English: from medieval Latin subordinatus 'placed in an inferior rank', from Latin sub- 'below' + ordinare 'ordain'.