submissiveness
🇬🇧 UK/səb'misivnis/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions
n.
The tendency to yield readily to the authority or will of others
顺从;柔顺;服从
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedsubunder, below
+
ivetending to, having the nature of
+
nessstate, quality
=submissiveness
Common Collocations
- 1.show submissiveness表现出顺从
- 2.cultural submissiveness文化上的顺从
- 3.[excessive submissiveness]过度顺从
- 4.demand submissiveness要求服从
Example Sentences
- 1.
Her submissiveness in the relationship was mistaken for weakness by her colleagues.
- 2.
The culture valued submissiveness in children as a sign of good upbringing.