The noun and adjective are pronounced /'səbɔdɪnət/. The verb is pronounced /'səbɔdɪneɪt/. 名词和形容词读作 /'səbɔdɪnət/。动词读作 /'səbɔdɪneɪt/。
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]下级;下属;部属 If someone is your
subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for.
Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates...
黑格不愿向下属请教。
Nearly all her subordinates adored her.
几乎所有的下属都崇拜她。
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[ADJ 形容词]隶属的;从属的;下级的 Someone who is
subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you.
Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example...
他的60个下级官员都以他为榜样。
Women were regarded as subordinate to free men.
过去女人被认为是从属于自由民的。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]次要的;其次的 Something that is
subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing.
It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.
这是一种形象胜于语言的艺术。
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[VERB 动词]把…置于次要地位;看轻 If you
subordinate something
to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing.
He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim.
为了这个目标他愿意并能够把其他一切都放在次要的位置。
subordination...the social subordination of women.
女性的社会从属地位
...economic subordination to Europe.
经济上从属于欧洲