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- less important than but related or supplementary to次要的, 附属的：
a subsidiary flue of the main chimney.
主烟囱的副烟道。
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- attrib.(of a company) controlled by a holding or parent company子公司的。
(pl.-ies)
1- a company controlled by a holding company子公司。
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- rare a thing that is of lesser importance than but related to something else〈罕〉附属的事物; 附件。
派生词
subsidiarily
adverb （〈罕〉）词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'serving to help or supplement'）： from Latin subsidiarius, from subsidium 'support, assistance' （ see SUBSIDY）.