Wordiyoservility
🇬🇧 UK/sɜː'vɪlɪtɪ/🇺🇸 US/sә:'viliti/
C2
Definitions
n.
Excessive willingness to obey or please others; cringing submissiveness
奴性，卑屈，奴颜婢膝
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.cringing servility卑躬屈膝的奴性
- 2.blind servility盲目顺从
- 3.[servility toward authority]对权威的奴颜婢膝
- 4.servility and submission奴性与顺从
Example Sentences
- 1.
His servility toward his boss made his colleagues lose respect for him.
- 2.
The regime demanded not just obedience but complete servility from its citizens.
- 3.
She mistook his polite manner for servility, but he was simply well-bred.