servile

英式音标：[ˈsɜ:vaɪl]

美式音标：[ˈsɜrvl]

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概况：

adj. 奴隶的；奴性的；卑屈的；卑屈的

词义：

adj.

过分屈从的；缺乏独立性的；（似）仆人的；为仆人的

英英释义

servile[ 'sə:vail, -vil- ]

adj.

submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior

"spoke in a servile tone"; "the incurably servile housekeeper"; "servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work"

relating to or involving slaves

"Brown's attempt at servile insurrection"; "the servile wars of Sicily"

用法：

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

He was made to do servile tasks.
他被迫做奴隶的工作。

权威例句

The servile state

Il lavoro servile e le nuove schiavitù

The Servile Mind : How Democracy Erodes the Moral Life / K. Minogue

We Will No Longer Be Servile: Aprismo in 1930s Ayacucho

Turning Servile Opportunities to Gold: A Strategic Analysis of the Corporate Opportunities Doctrine

Social Misfits: Veterans and Soldiers' Families in Servile Russia

Servile Sentinels of the City: Private Security Guards, Organized Informality, and Labour in Interactive Services in Globalized India

Malagasy at the Mascarenes: Publishing in a Servile Vernacular before the French Revolution

Inboekselings and Oorlams: The creation and transformation of a servile class

Stigmates sociaux et discriminations religieuses : l'ancienne classe servile au Fuuta Jaloo

同义词：slavish

同根词：servitude,servility,servile

英语词源：

servile (adj.)

late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars, name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600.

造句：

1. servile labour

奴隶劳动

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2. menial; servile

奴颜卑膝

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

3. servile condition

被奴役的状态

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

4. servile; flattery; sycophancy

奴颜媚骨

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

5. servile flattery

卑躬屈节的谄媚

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例

6. servile behaviour

奴才相

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译参考[网络]

7. servile letter

默音字母(如hate、late 等字中的e)

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8. servile; cringing; subservient

卑躬屈膝

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

9. submissive; servile

俯首帖耳

-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 翻译样例 - 习语

10. spoke in a servile tone; the incurably servile housekeeper; servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and

用卑躬屈膝的口吻说话；不可救药的、奴隶性强的主妇；例如擦地板、扫马厩之类的奴隶性的工作。

-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考