servile

英 [ˈsɜːvaɪl] 美 [ˈsɜːrvl]

adj.  奴性的; 逢迎的; 恭顺的

复数:serviles

GRETEM8

BNC.20553 / COCA.26139



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 奴性的;逢迎的;恭顺的
    wanting too much to please sb and obey them

    柯林斯词典

    1. ADJ-GRADED 奴性的;逢迎的;恭顺的
      If you say that someone is servile, you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them.
      1. He was subservient and servile...
        他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
      2. They said she had a servile attitude to her employer.
        他们说她对她的老板阿谀逢迎。

    双语例句

    1. He was subservient and servile
      他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
    2. They said she had a servile attitude to her employer.
      他们说她对她的老板阿谀逢迎。
    3. In front of the negotiation table, his impassioned speech demonstrated our points in a way neither servile nor overbearing.
      在谈判桌前,他慷慨陈词,不卑不亢地表述了我方的观点。
    4. Not a servile one& he will never do that.
      这不是一种卑躬屈膝的鞠躬&他决不会那样做。
    5. Their friendship may verge on the servile, but it is never disinterested.
      她们的友情甚至到了可供驱使的地步,但从来也到不了无私的程度。
    6. However, be careful to not appear servile.
      不过,要注意的是不要表现得卑躬屈膝。
    7. In English the word means to be servile: to behave in an extremely submissive way in order to please somebody in a position of authority.
      在英语中的意思是奴化:为了取悦别人,表现得非常顺从。
    8. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role for women in order that men could havethe career and the opportunity to participate in making the great decisions of society.
      她认为男人为妇女创制了一个持家操劳的奴隶角色,为的是男人可以获得事业和机遇参与决定重大的社会抉择。
    9. The maids look impoverished and servile, and in a room filled with the master class they are encouraged to achieve invisibility.
      女佣看上去贫穷、卑躬屈膝,社会鼓励她们在上等人云集的房间里保持隐形。
    10. What weakness is it that you can never tolerate?& sycophancy and servile flattery.
      你最不能容忍的缺点是什么?&奴颜婢膝。
    11. I hate the touch of servile hands
      我厌恶被人卑屈地迎候
    12. With strangers, I adopted the servile manner of a concierge greeting wealthy clients in a hotel-salival enthusiasm born of a morbid, indiscriminate desire for affection.
      对待陌生人,我常采取饭店守门人对待有钱顾客那种奉承的态度&那是出于讨好所有人的欲望而表现出的过分殷勤。
    13. Wholesale westernization was the view held by a number of westernized Chinese bourgeois intellectuals who unconditionally praised the servile imitation of capitalist Europe and america.
      所谓“全盘西化”,是一部分资产阶级学者的主张。他们主张中国一切东西都要完全模仿欧美资本主义国家。
    14. In his short story the professor, Langston Hughes has portrayed in an ironic tone a docile and servile black professor who behaves humbly before the white.
      兰斯顿。休斯在其短篇小说《教授》中,用讽刺的笔调刻画了一位在白人面前毕恭毕敬、性十足的黑人教授形象。
    15. It tells us about the feminists who think Hello Kitty infantilises women and encourages them to be servile, quoting their angry outpourings.
      书中还说女权主义者认为凯蒂猫将女性幼儿化,鼓励女性屈服。
    16. When a piece of paper Shaoqi, who is so servile and hypocritical to dance?
      一张纸烧起时,又是谁那么奴性和虚伪地舞蹈?
    17. The once servile peasants turned against the cruel king.
      曾一度臣服的农民起来反对残暴的国王。
    18. A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.
      一个柔弱的文明对那些掠夺成性的自由人来说是一份长期有效的请帖。
    19. An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.
      一个正直的法官不能一味顺从舆论。
    20. This low abject brood, That fix their seats in mediocrity, Become your servile minds;
      这卑贱的一伙,把他们的位置固定在平庸中,成了你的奴性的心灵;
    21. A good servant should be complaisant but not servile.
      一个好的仆人应该是殷勤的,而不是卑屈的。
    22. He spoke in a servile tone.
      他用卑躬屈膝的腔调说话。
    23. I did not, however, aim at gaining his favor by paying any servile respect to him, but after some time, took this other method.
      不过我并不为了取得他的好感而奴颜卑膝,而是过一段时间后用了另一方法。
    24. If you're very servile and humble we may give you another one next week.
      如果你十分卑下,十分驯服,下星期也许我们再给你一张。
    25. Attentive in an ingratiating or servile manner.
      殷勤,举止逢迎、奴性。
    26. Brown's attempt at servile insurrection.
      布朗在奴隶起义上做的努力。
    27. Stephen made a bow. Not a servile one-he will never do that.
      斯蒂芬鞠了一个躬。这不是一种卑躬屈膝的鞠躬&他绝不会那样做。
    28. Bow in a servile manner.
      用一种奴性的方式鞠躬。
    29. A servile black character in a novel by Harriet Beecher Stowe.
      斯陀夫人小说中黑人奴隶人物。

    英英释义

    adj

    1. submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior
      1. spoke in a servile tone
      2. the incurably servile housekeeper
      3. servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work