Submissive
[səb'mɪsɪv]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; 'submissive servants'; 'a submissive reply'; 'replacing troublemakers with more submissive people' .
安格斯校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
(a.) Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
錄入:米尔顿
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Yielding, tractable, pliant, docile.[2]. Obedient, resigned, uncomplaining, unrepining, patient, long-suffering.[3]. Humble, meek, lowly, profound.
校對:路易丝
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Obedient, compliant, yielding, obsequious, humble, docile, modest, passive,acquiescent, subservient
ANT:Disobedient, incompliant, unyielding, unobsequious, recalcitrant, refractory,prov, {[d]?}, resistent, renitent, malcontent, recusant
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例句/造句/用法:
- The voice of the submissive man who had spoken, was flat and tame in its extreme submission. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Bitzer,' said Mr. Gradgrind, broken down, and miserably submissive to him, 'have you a heart? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- God won't be so cruel as to take you from me, cried poor Jo rebelliously, for her spirit was far less piously submissive than Beth's. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- She ran off a few steps, like a blown leaf along the ground, then crouched unobtrusively, in submissive, wild patience. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Don't break out, Lammle,' urged Fledgeby, in a submissive tone, 'because there's no occasion. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Tom stood perfectly submissive; and yet Legree could not hide from himself that his power over his bond thrall was somehow gone. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- By these attentions, that veteran rake, Rawdon Crawley, found himself converted into a very happy and submissive married man. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Well, I took him in hand, and in one fortnight I had him tamed down as submissive and tractable as heart could desire. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- You have been submissive to our rule heretofore; but it looks now as if you did not intend to continue so, and we will remain in the Union no longer. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Instead of speaking, I smiled; and not a very complacent or submissive smile either. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- And Laurie sat down with a submissive expression delightful to behold. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Mr Boffin's air was crestfallen and submissive. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- The submissive Tom complied, attended by a crowd. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- He had my children;--whenever I resisted his will anywhere, he would talk about selling them, and he made me as submissive as he desired. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Don't go away, Miss Hexam,' he said in a submissive manner, speaking thickly and with difficulty. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
整理:萨莎