请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 underserve
释义

underservev.

Etymology: under- prefix1 4a(a), 5(a) Compare under- prefix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: underˈserve.
1. To be subservient (to). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > be subject to [verb (transitive)]
underliec897
undergo1586
underserve1611
to hang upon the beck of1635
ancillate1641
to be at the beck and call of1869
work1950
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. vii. 472/2 Things which did but onely vnder-serue, and conduce to the..principall end.
2. To serve insufficiently.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > serve [verb (transitive)] > serve insufficiently
underserve1710
1710 S. Palmer Moral Ess. Prov. 147 He, that over-works a servant to day, must be content to be under-serv'd to morrow.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
<
v.1611
随便看

 

英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/24 13:39:53