submissive

英 [səbˈmɪsɪv]

美 [səbˈmɪsɪv]

adj.  唯命是从的; 顺从的; 驯服的; 听话的

复数：submissives　

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BNC.19364 / COCA.17954

牛津词典

adj.

• 唯命是从的；顺从的；驯服的；听话的
  too willing to accept sb else's authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do
  1. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
     他期望女儿都温顺听话。
  2. She followed him like a submissive child.
     她对他百依百顺，像个听话的孩子。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 顺从的;恭顺的;听话的
  If you aresubmissive, you obey someone without arguing.
  1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
     大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。

双语例句

• Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
  大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。
• This knowledge should be learned by accepting a spiritual master and by submissive inquiries and rendering service unto him.
  这种知识应该通过接受灵性上师，顺从地询问并向他提供奉爱服务来学习得到。
• Subject or submissive to authority or the control of another.
  服从或顺从于他人的权威或控制。
• We won't reward him until he's in a calm submissive behavior.
  直到他表现顺从了，我们才会奖励他。
• If it is shy or submissive, don't breed it.
  如果过于害羞或顺从，不要繁育。
• Nant and submissive behaviour is closely bound up with childhood experiences.
  支配和顺从行为与童年时代的经历密切相关。
• She listened to it all with the most steady and submissive attention.
  她十分沉静、顺从、注意地听着这一切。
• All she requires of a class is that they should be clean, punctual and submissive.
  她对全班的要求就是：整洁、守时、顺从。
• Submissive servants; a submissive reply; replacing troublemakers with more submissive people.
  顺从的仆人；顺从的答复；用更顺从的人代替捣乱者。
• This man is communicating a submissive, non-threatening attitude.
  这位男士表明的是一种顺从的、毫无威胁的态度。