What does subservience mean?

subservience

🇺🇸 /səbˈsɜːrviəns/ 🇬🇧 /səbˈsɜːviəns/

詞頻

難度

標籤 RARE

noun

Being too willing to obey others, like doing whatever they say without question.

He showed subservience by always agreeing with his boss, even when he didn't agree.

他透過總是同意他的老闆，即使他不同意，表現出了服從。

Being less important than something else, like a side dish to the main meal.

In the art world, drawing often shows subservience to more established forms like painting and sculpture.

在藝術界，繪畫往往對更成熟的繪畫和雕塑等藝術形式表現出從屬。