英[səb'sɜːviəns]美[səb'sɜːviəns]
noun(名词)
双解例句
noun(名词)
小知识
Something that serves a purpose for someone or something else demonstrates subservience.
Something that's a means to an end has subservience, like a character whose introduction has subservience to the book's plot. You can also use the word subservience to describe submissive or servile behavior, like the subservience of an obedient dog who always fetches your slippers. The word originally meant simply “usefulness,” and it came from the Latin root word subservientem, “assist, or lend support.”