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subservience 音標拼音: [səbs'ɚviəns] n. 裨益;有用;奉承 裨益;有用;奉承 subservience n 1: the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan; " all his actions were in subservience to the general plan" 2: in a subservient state [ synonym: { subservience}, { subservientness}] 3: abject or cringing submissiveness [ synonym: { obsequiousness}, { servility}, { subservience}] Subservience \ Sub* serv" i* ence\, Subserviency \ Sub* serv" i* en* cy\, n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another' s purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility. [ 1913 Webster] The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. -- Bentley. [ 1913 Webster] There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. -- Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster] 48 Moby Thesaurus words for " subservience": abjectness, agreeability, agreeableness, back seat, baseness, biddability, compliableness, docility, ductility, facility, flexibility, helotism, helotry, humbleness, humility, inferiority, juniority, lower status, lowliness, malleability, meanness, menialness, minority, moldability, peonage, plasticity, pliability, pliancy, satellite status, second fiddle, second string, secondariness, serfdom, service, servility, servitorship, slavery, slavishness, subjecthood, subjection, submissiveness, subordinacy, subordinate role, subordination, subserviency, third string, tractability, yieldingness
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