submissive
英 [səb'mɪsɪv] 美 [səb'mɪsɪv]
| 近义词 | meek 、 passive 、 orderly 、 feminine 、 flexible 、 Pacific 、 governable 、 respectful 、 conformable 、 patient 、 docile 、 agreeable | ||
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- adj. 顺从的；服从的；柔顺的
词态变化
副词: submissively;名词: submissiveness;
中文词源
submissive 顺从的，听话的
submission,屈服，投降，-ive,形容词后缀。
英文词源
- submissive (adj.)
- 1580s, "inclined to submit, yielding to authority," from Latin submiss-, past participle stem of submittere (see submission) + -ive. Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness.
双语例句
- 1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
- 大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望女儿都温顺听话。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive.
- 他们早期受过的教育把他们训练得俯首帖耳、唯命是从.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. " As long as Hung - chien thinks she's submissive,'said Tun - weng , " it's all right.
- 遯 翁道: “ 只要鸿 渐 觉得她柔顺, 就好了.
来自汉英文学 - 围城