servile meaning in English
adj.
1.奴隶的。
2.奴性的;奴颜婢膝的;卑屈的;屈从的;隶属的。
3.无创造性的;无独立精神的。
4.【语言学】附属性的〔指本身不发音,只表示在它之前的元音字母发长音的字母,如 stone 一词中的 e 字母;或指词中表示派生关系[词性变化、语法关系等]的部分。如 mother's, sees, students 等词中的 s.〕。
短语和例子
n.
奴隶。
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.
Examples
- If you're very servile and humble we may give you another one next week .
如果你十分卑下,十分驯服,下星期也许我们再给你一张。 - There never was such a base and servile treaty of surrender, since treaties began to exist .
自从世界上有条约以来,从来没见过这种奴颜婢膝的条约。 - There never was such a base and servile treaty of surrender, since treaties began to exist .
自从世界上有条约以来,从来没有见过这种奴颜婢膝的条约。 - Their history presented enough romantic circumstances to rob their servile origin of its grosser aspects .
他们富于浪漫色彩的经历足以抵消他们奴隶出身的种种粗俗。