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Subordinate Important N Means Pronounced   [Oft Subordination Works

英语单词 subordinate
英美音标 英 [sə'bɔːdɪnət] 美 [sə'bɔːrdɪnət]
中文释义 adj.下级的;次要的
n.属下;附属物
vt.使服从;把 ... 放在次要
英语例句 (1) He is a subordinate officer.
(2) She works in the subordinate hospital of our universtiy.
(3) All the other issues are subordinate to this one.
(4) He was always friendly to his subordinates.
(5) Please delegatea task to a subordinate.
(6) He subordinated his wishes to the general good of the group.
(7) In her book, she subordinates this issue to more general problems.
中文例句 (1) 他是位下级军官。
(2) 她在我们学校的附属医院工作。
(3) 所有问题都要以这个问题为主。
(4) 他对下级一向和蔼可亲。
(5) 请把任务委托给下属。
(6) 他使自己的愿望服从于集体的利益。
(7) 在她的书中,她把这个问题处理的不如一般问题重要。
vocabulary简明 Subordinate means putting one thing below another––a subordinate is someone who works for someone else, and to subordinate means to place or rank one thing below another. "We subordinate our desire for popcorn to our desire to keep watching the movie."
vocabulary扩展 The ordinate part of subordinate refers to an ordering of things, and sub- means "lower." "In the army, a private is subordinate to an officer, whether that officer is his direct commander or not." When it's a noun or adjective, the word is pronounced "suh-BOR-duh-nit," and when it's a verb, "suh-BOR-duh-nate."
柯林斯解释
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/。
1
[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.
  [oft poss N]
  • 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。

2
[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.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • 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。

3
[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.
  [oft ADJ to n]
  • It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.

    这是一种形象胜于语言的艺术。

4
[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.
  [V n to n]
  • 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

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