subservient
/səbˈsɜːvɪənt/adjective
1- prepared to obey others unquestioningly无条件顺从的：
she was subservient to her parents.
她对父母百依百顺。
1.1
- less important; subordinate次要的; 附属的, 从属的：
the theory makes freedom subservient to control.
这种理论使自由从属于控制。
1.2
- serving as a means to an end为达到目的的：
the whole narration is subservient to the moral plan of exemplifying twelve virtues in twelve knights.
整个叙述都是为了实现道德教育的计划, 即阐明体现在12位骑士身上的12种美德。
派生词
subservience
nounsubserviency
nounsubserviently
adverb词源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin subservient- 'subjecting to, complying with', from the verb subservire （see SUBSERVE）.