2009年4月25日 星期六

subserviency, subservient

Venezuela's Determined Voice of Dissent
Despite Denunciations, Party With 7 Seats Speaks Out in an Assembly Subservient to Chávez
(By Juan Forero, The Washington Post)

It appears that Ishihara's call for an end to "eager subservience" to the U.S. among post-World War II Japanese has resonated in contemporary Japan.





Subservience

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.

The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions.
Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends.
Cheyne.

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n. (名詞 noun)
  1. 從屬
  2. 有益
  3. 奉承
  4. 卑屈

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