submissive
英 [s?b'm?s?v]
美[s?b'm?s?v]
- adj. 順從的；服從的；柔順的
TEM4暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?submissively;名詞:?submissiveness;
中文詞源
submissive 順從的，聽話的
submission,屈服，投降，-ive,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
- 大部分醫(yī)生希望病人能聽從醫(yī)囑。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望女兒都溫順聽話。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive.
- 他們早期受過的教育把他們訓練得俯首帖耳、唯命是從.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
- 他期望妻子溫順而且聽他擺布.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. " As long as Hung - chien thinks she's submissive,'said Tun - weng , " it's all right.
- 遯 翁道: “ 只要鴻 漸 覺得她柔順, 就好了.
來自漢英文學 - 圍城