单词 | subsidiary |
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音标 | [səb'sidjəri] |
解释 | a.辅助的;次要的 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj.辅助的(furnishi ng aid or support;auxiliary);次要的(of second importance) 【记】 sub(下面)+sid(坐) +iary→坐在下面的 →辅助的 【例】 a subsidiary stream(支流)/a subsidiary payment(补贴费) |
字源 | subsidiary (adj.) 1540s, from Latin subsidiarius "belonging to a reserve, of a reserve, reserved; serving to assist or supplement," from subsidium "a help, aid, relief, troops in reserve" (see subsidy). As a noun, c.1600, "subsidiary thing." In Latin the word was used as a noun meaning "the reserve." |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 辅助的; 次要的 【记】sub下面, sid坐, iary-坐在下面的-辅助的 【反】preponderant(adj 占有优势的) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】preside 前边的是主要的,如president 主席,总统;sub side 就是次要的 |
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