| 1. | The lower level is subordinate to the higher level . 下级服从上级。 |
| 2. | The minority is subordinate to the majority . 少数服从多数。 |
| 3. | Minor principles should be subordinated to major ones . 小道理要服从大道理。 |
| 4. | The part must be subordinated to the whole . 局部服从全局。 |
| 5. | In the army , lieutenants are subordinate to captains . 在陆军中,中尉是上尉的下级。 |
| 6. | Neither is subordinate to the other . 彼此不相统属。 |
| 7. | The non-euclidena geometries were in effect subordinated to euclidean geometry . 非欧几里德几何实际上是从属于欧几里德几何的。 |
| 8. | I remember the hesitation of a division manager to appoint a subordinate to operations manager . 我记得有一个分部的经理曾经为选用一个部属的主管而迟疑不决。 |
| 9. | He did not mean that there was no room for imagination, but that it should be a whimsical subordinate to science . 他并不是说他不容一点想象,他认为想象应该附属于科学的幻想。 |