servile
英 [ˈsɜ:vaɪl] 美 [ˈsɜrvl]

adj.

过分屈从的；缺乏独立性的；（似）仆人的；为仆人的

英英释义

servile[ 'sə:vail, -vil- ]

• adj.
  • submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

    "spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

  • relating to or involving slaves

    "Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

1. He was made to do servile tasks.
   他被迫做奴隶的工作。

权威例句

The servile state
Il lavoro servile e le nuove schiavitù
The Servile Mind : How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life / K. Minogue
We Will No Longer Be Servile: Aprismo in 1930s Ayacucho
Turning Servile Opportunities to Gold: A Strategic Analysis of the Corporate Opportunities Doctrine
Social Misfits: Veterans and Soldiers' Families in Servile Russia
Servile Sentinels of the City: Private Security Guards, Organized Informality, and Labour in Interactive Services in Globalized India
Malagasy at the Mascarenes: Publishing in a Servile Vernacular before the French Revolution
Inboekselings and Oorlams: The creation and transformation of a servile class
Stigmates sociaux et discriminations religieuses : l'ancienne classe servile au Fuuta Jaloo