slavish

英 [ˈsleɪvɪʃ] 美 [ˈsleɪvɪʃ]

adj.  无独创性的; 盲从的; 照搬的

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BNC.32864 / COCA.28912



牛津词典

adj.

  1. 无独创性的;盲从的;照搬的
    following or copying sb/sth exactly without having any original thought at all
    1. a slavish adherence to the rules
      墨守成规

柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ-GRADED 刻板模仿的;毫无创意的;照搬的
    You use slavish to describe things that copy or imitate something exactly, without any attempt to be original.
    1. She herself insists she is no slavish follower of fashion.
      她坚称自己绝不会一味地追随时尚。
  2. ADJ-GRADED 奴性十足的;俯首帖耳的
    If you describe someone as slavish, you are critical of the fact that they behave like a slave, for example by always doing what another person wants.
    1. Total devotion it certainly was, slavish devotion some would say.
      这当然是绝对的忠诚,有人也许会称之为俯首帖耳,唯命是从。

双语例句

  1. She herself insists she is no slavish follower of fashion.
    她坚称自己绝不会一味地追随时尚。
  2. Total devotion it certainly was, slavish devotion some would say.
    这当然是绝对的忠诚,有人也许会称之为俯首帖耳,唯命是从。
  3. After the accomplished fact historians have brought forward cunningly devised evidences of the foresight and genius of the generals, who of all the involuntary instruments of the world's history were the most slavish and least independent agents.
    但是后来史学家们用这些既成事实强牵附会地证明两个统帅的预见和天才。其实,这些统帅不过是历史的工具,且是所有不由自主的历史工具中最不自由、最不由自主的活动家。
  4. Fleur walked over to stand beside him, giving him a soppy, slavish look that Harry hoped with all his heart would never appear on his face again.
    芙蓉走过去站在比尔身边,用含情脉脉、小鸟依人的目光看着他,哈利从心底里希望这种眼神以后永远别在他脸上出现。
  5. Traditionalism does not necessarily mean a slavish adherence to things of the past.
    传统主义未必意味着一味抱残守缺。
  6. The prime minister has vowed to avoid any slavish relationship between Britain and the US, and American attacks on British Petroleum over the Gulf oil spill have strained relations.
    卡梅伦已誓言避免英美之间存在任何盲从关系,而美国对英国石油(BP)墨西哥湾漏油事件的攻击令两国关系紧张。
  7. It was a slavish imitation of his professor's work.
    这是他对他教授的作品一味模仿。
  8. It was essential that the Europeans break away from slavish adherence to authority.
    欧州人必须摆脱对权威的俯首听命。
  9. Now, was it not the depth of absurdity& of genuine idiocy, for that pitiful, slavish, mean-minded brach to dream that I could love her?
    是啊,那种可怜的,奴性的,下流的母狗纯粹的白痴竟还梦想我能爱她岂不是荒谬透顶!
  10. Lenovo spokespeople say the winners wont be chosen for slavish adoration but the essays are a way to evaluate a contestants ability to communicate the attributes of the Chinese culture to their home country.
    联想集团发言人表示,不会根据各种溢美之词挑选获胜者,但在评价选手向其祖国宣传中国文化特点的能力方面,短文将是途径之一。
  11. He is in favor of assimilating all that is good in Western culture, but by no means a slavish admirer of our ways.
    他在吸收所有的青睐,是好的,西方文化,但决不是我们的方式奴隶的崇拜者。
  12. Looking back, you could say that I'd wasted an entire decade of slavish work and two graduate degrees on a career that I've since abandoned.
    回首我的过去,你也许会说我抛弃这个事业,等于是浪费了十年的辛勤工作和两个硕士学位。
  13. Let us animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a free man ( contending for liberty on his own ground) is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.
    让我们彼此激励,昭告全天下:在祖国为自由而斗争的自由人民,会战胜世上任何盲从的雇佣军。
  14. He was no slavish admirer of logic.
    他不盲目崇拜逻辑。
  15. Slavish obedience is the only safe course, though it taxes one's sanity.
    奴隶般的服从是唯一可靠的办法,虽然这样做使人倍受压抑。
  16. Why not abandon this slavish devotion to metaphor and give the user easy access to functions?
    为什么不放弃隐喻,使用户更容易访问功能?
  17. She shows a slavish devotion to her job.
    她盲目地忠于职守。
  18. She hung upon him with a slavish dependence.
    她守着他,就象驯服的奴隶一样依附于他。
  19. It was essential that the Europeans break away from slavish adherence to authority. He sets himself up as an authority on art.
    欧洲人必须摆脱对权威的俯首听命。他自命为艺术方面的权威。
  20. Their slavish devotion to the leader is unhealthy.
    他们对领导的盲目崇拜是不健康的。
  21. Taking such a course would return me to slavish fragmentation.
    采取这样一条途径,将会使我回到奴性的碎片。
  22. What excuse have you to make for your slavish punctuality?
    对于你这种死板地遵守时间的行为,你还能提出什么辩解吗?
  23. Well, then is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power?
    那么好,像一个自由人一样运用在你力量范围内的事物不比一种奴性和下贱的方式欲望(去奢求)那不在你力量范围内的事物更好吗?
  24. Our attitude toward our teachers should be respectful, but not slavish or superstitious.
    我们对老师的态度应该是尊敬的,而不是盲目或是偏信的。
  25. A chic appearance is produced not by slavish attention to the latest fashion nor by an ignoring of it.
    高尚的外表不是由于盲从于注意最新时尚,也不是不理会它。
  26. Nanzhao was a slavish state power founded by minority nationalities that lived inthe southwest China in the Tang Dynasty.
    南诏国是中国唐代西南少数民族建立的奴隶制地方政权。
  27. Only through the change of human beings 'slavish spirit can we really have the real freedom and achieve the harmony with nature to realize the sustainable development.
    只有改变人的奴性,使人成为自由人,才能使人类与自然和谐共处,才能实现可持续发展的战略目标。
  28. The absence of indigenous awareness in contemporary theoretical curriculum research is exhibited in the discontinuity and disappearance of traditional curriculum concepts, the slavish imitation of external curriculum theory, the ambiguous issue domain, and the dependence on proposition and language system, etc.
    当前我国课程理论界明显缺乏本土意识,表现在传统课程思想的断裂与流失、对外来课程理论的文化仆从心态、局部共同体组织松散、问题域不明确、命题与话语体系的依赖性等。