Wordiyosubservience
🇬🇧 UK/səb'sɜːvɪəns/🇺🇸 US/sәb's\\\\:viәns/
C2
Definitions
n.
The quality of being excessively obedient or submissive; the state of being subordinate or serving a purpose
奉承；谄媚；从属地位
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.blind subservience盲目顺从
- 2.total subservience完全屈从
- 3.[subservience to authority]对权威的服从
- 4.[culture of subservience]奉承文化
Example Sentences
- 1.
His subservience to his boss made his colleagues lose respect for him.
- 2.
The treaty enforced the subservience of smaller nations to the dominant power.
- 3.
She refused to accept a role of subservience in the relationship.