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Submissive Obey 英 Səb'mɪsɪv] 美 Səb'mɪsɪv Adj.服从的;顺从的 Child Daughter

英语单词 submissive
英美音标 英 [səb'mɪsɪv] 美 [səb'mɪsɪv]
中文释义 adj.服从的;顺从的
英语例句 (1) She followed him like a submissive child.
(2) The submissive daughter was never able to fight against her parents.
(3) He is a humble and submissive servant .
中文例句 (1) 她对他百依百顺,像个听话的孩子。
(2) 这个顺从的女儿从不和她的父母吵架。
(3) 他是个恭顺的仆人。
vocabulary简明 When animals live in packs, one animal is usually the dominant leader, while the others fall into more submissive roles. To be submissive is to obey or yield to someone else.
vocabulary扩展 When you are submissive, you submit to someone else's will, which literally, you put your own desires lower than theirs. You can see this in the Latin root of submit, submittere, which is formed by sub- "under" + mittere "send, put."
柯林斯解释
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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]顺从的;恭顺的;听话的 If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing.
  • Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.

    大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。

submissively
  • The troops submissively laid down their weapons.

    各部队服从命令,放下了武器。

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