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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-derived
subunder, below
+
misssend, let go
+
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.

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