Definition of servile in English:

servile

adjectiveˈsəːvʌɪl

1Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
he bowed his head in a servile manner
Example sentencesExamples
- It acts in the most servile manner as an agency of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and NATO in the hope of gleaning a few crumbs from the tables of the imperialist powers.
- What precedent is there for such servile bootlicking?
- There will be several servile sycophants who will come forward as ‘White Knights’ to regain their lost positions.
- Being good at service means that we are servile and demeans our noble island spirit.
- The servile journalists soon nicknamed him ‘Batka’, which in Belorussian means ‘father’.
- It is a measure of how servile the media have become that, from the tabloids to the broadsheets, the results of a survey based on asking teenagers to report their participation in a range of illicit activities are taken at face value.
- It is not uncommon for a citizen in India to take off his shoes before entering the office of a policeman and genuflect in a lowly and servile manner.
- The character of Seneca thus finds just the right mixture of true compassion and the ranting of an alcoholic and sententious philosopher, whose servile disciples note down everything he says with ridiculous fury.
- The Somerive family, the product of a Romantic disregard for property, hope to regain their place in the Rayland line by means of their youngest son, Orlando, a character by turns romantic, naive, and servile.
Synonyms
obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, subservient, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, slavish, abject, craven, humble, Uriah Heepish, self-abasing
informal slimy, bootlicking, smarmy, sucky, soapy, forelock-tugging
North American informal brown-nosing, apple-polishing
British vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking
North American vulgar slang kiss-ass, ass-kissing
2Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.
the servile condition of the peasants
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘This is really a question of listeners equating machines with human beings who are being understood to perform servile functions,’ she said.
- It makes citizens passive, unproductive, and servile.
- He defined ‘slavery’ broadly to include all systems of servile labor.
- Certainly, the sociological landscape is familiar - a nation in which an educated, privileged elite suppresses a servile, but restless underclass, giving rise to a growing insurrection.
- His wife is a disgruntled waitress at the same restaurant who chafes at the servile role her job demands.
- For decades into the 20th Century, the State of Alabama, for instance, ensured a steady supply of servile Black labour to ‘U.S. Steel’.
- Over 30 percent of MGM's cartoons released between 1946 and 1953 presented either characters in blackface or servile African American maids.
- Even after having spent so many years in the servile conditions of the workhouse, and then the brothel, I still had the urge to say my piece, but I'd learnt that sometimes it was wiser not to.

Derivatives

servilely

adverbˈsəːvʌɪlli

Sahnasius was widely seen in the republic of letters as having betrayed his own earlier principles of intellectual independence by becoming too servilely and effusively monarchist.
Example sentencesExamples
- But Jonson also echoes Horace's warning against imitating servilely.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'suitable for a slave or for the working class'): from Latin servilis, from servus 'slave'.

Definition of servile in US English:

servile

adjective

1Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others.
he bowed his head in a servile manner
Example sentencesExamples
- The Somerive family, the product of a Romantic disregard for property, hope to regain their place in the Rayland line by means of their youngest son, Orlando, a character by turns romantic, naive, and servile.
- Being good at service means that we are servile and demeans our noble island spirit.
- It is not uncommon for a citizen in India to take off his shoes before entering the office of a policeman and genuflect in a lowly and servile manner.
- The servile journalists soon nicknamed him ‘Batka’, which in Belorussian means ‘father’.
- The character of Seneca thus finds just the right mixture of true compassion and the ranting of an alcoholic and sententious philosopher, whose servile disciples note down everything he says with ridiculous fury.
- There will be several servile sycophants who will come forward as ‘White Knights’ to regain their lost positions.
- It acts in the most servile manner as an agency of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and NATO in the hope of gleaning a few crumbs from the tables of the imperialist powers.
- What precedent is there for such servile bootlicking?
- It is a measure of how servile the media have become that, from the tabloids to the broadsheets, the results of a survey based on asking teenagers to report their participation in a range of illicit activities are taken at face value.
Synonyms
obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, subservient, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, slavish, abject, craven, humble, uriah heepish, self-abasing
2Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves.
Example sentencesExamples
- It makes citizens passive, unproductive, and servile.
- For decades into the 20th Century, the State of Alabama, for instance, ensured a steady supply of servile Black labour to ‘U.S. Steel’.
- Over 30 percent of MGM's cartoons released between 1946 and 1953 presented either characters in blackface or servile African American maids.
- Certainly, the sociological landscape is familiar - a nation in which an educated, privileged elite suppresses a servile, but restless underclass, giving rise to a growing insurrection.
- Even after having spent so many years in the servile conditions of the workhouse, and then the brothel, I still had the urge to say my piece, but I'd learnt that sometimes it was wiser not to.
- His wife is a disgruntled waitress at the same restaurant who chafes at the servile role her job demands.
- ‘This is really a question of listeners equating machines with human beings who are being understood to perform servile functions,’ she said.
- He defined ‘slavery’ broadly to include all systems of servile labor.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’.

单词	servile
释义	Definition of servile in English: servile adjectiveˈsəːvʌɪl 1Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others. he bowed his head in a servile manner Example sentencesExamples It acts in the most servile manner as an agency of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and NATO in the hope of gleaning a few crumbs from the tables of the imperialist powers. What precedent is there for such servile bootlicking? There will be several servile sycophants who will come forward as ‘White Knights’ to regain their lost positions. Being good at service means that we are servile and demeans our noble island spirit. The servile journalists soon nicknamed him ‘Batka’, which in Belorussian means ‘father’. It is a measure of how servile the media have become that, from the tabloids to the broadsheets, the results of a survey based on asking teenagers to report their participation in a range of illicit activities are taken at face value. It is not uncommon for a citizen in India to take off his shoes before entering the office of a policeman and genuflect in a lowly and servile manner. The character of Seneca thus finds just the right mixture of true compassion and the ranting of an alcoholic and sententious philosopher, whose servile disciples note down everything he says with ridiculous fury. The Somerive family, the product of a Romantic disregard for property, hope to regain their place in the Rayland line by means of their youngest son, Orlando, a character by turns romantic, naive, and servile. Synonyms obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, subservient, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, slavish, abject, craven, humble, Uriah Heepish, self-abasing informal slimy, bootlicking, smarmy, sucky, soapy, forelock-tugging North American informal brown-nosing, apple-polishing British vulgar slang arse-licking, bum-sucking North American vulgar slang kiss-ass, ass-kissing 2Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. the servile condition of the peasants Example sentencesExamples ‘This is really a question of listeners equating machines with human beings who are being understood to perform servile functions,’ she said. It makes citizens passive, unproductive, and servile. He defined ‘slavery’ broadly to include all systems of servile labor. Certainly, the sociological landscape is familiar - a nation in which an educated, privileged elite suppresses a servile, but restless underclass, giving rise to a growing insurrection. His wife is a disgruntled waitress at the same restaurant who chafes at the servile role her job demands. For decades into the 20th Century, the State of Alabama, for instance, ensured a steady supply of servile Black labour to ‘U.S. Steel’. Over 30 percent of MGM's cartoons released between 1946 and 1953 presented either characters in blackface or servile African American maids. Even after having spent so many years in the servile conditions of the workhouse, and then the brothel, I still had the urge to say my piece, but I'd learnt that sometimes it was wiser not to. Derivatives servilely adverbˈsəːvʌɪlli Sahnasius was widely seen in the republic of letters as having betrayed his own earlier principles of intellectual independence by becoming too servilely and effusively monarchist. Example sentencesExamples But Jonson also echoes Horace's warning against imitating servilely. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense 'suitable for a slave or for the working class'): from Latin servilis, from servus 'slave'. Definition of servile in US English: servile adjective 1Having or showing an excessive willingness to serve or please others. he bowed his head in a servile manner Example sentencesExamples The Somerive family, the product of a Romantic disregard for property, hope to regain their place in the Rayland line by means of their youngest son, Orlando, a character by turns romantic, naive, and servile. Being good at service means that we are servile and demeans our noble island spirit. It is not uncommon for a citizen in India to take off his shoes before entering the office of a policeman and genuflect in a lowly and servile manner. The servile journalists soon nicknamed him ‘Batka’, which in Belorussian means ‘father’. The character of Seneca thus finds just the right mixture of true compassion and the ranting of an alcoholic and sententious philosopher, whose servile disciples note down everything he says with ridiculous fury. There will be several servile sycophants who will come forward as ‘White Knights’ to regain their lost positions. It acts in the most servile manner as an agency of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and NATO in the hope of gleaning a few crumbs from the tables of the imperialist powers. What precedent is there for such servile bootlicking? It is a measure of how servile the media have become that, from the tabloids to the broadsheets, the results of a survey based on asking teenagers to report their participation in a range of illicit activities are taken at face value. Synonyms obsequious, sycophantic, excessively deferential, subservient, fawning, toadying, ingratiating, unctuous, oily, oleaginous, greasy, grovelling, cringing, toadyish, slavish, abject, craven, humble, uriah heepish, self-abasing 2Of or characteristic of a slave or slaves. Example sentencesExamples It makes citizens passive, unproductive, and servile. For decades into the 20th Century, the State of Alabama, for instance, ensured a steady supply of servile Black labour to ‘U.S. Steel’. Over 30 percent of MGM's cartoons released between 1946 and 1953 presented either characters in blackface or servile African American maids. Certainly, the sociological landscape is familiar - a nation in which an educated, privileged elite suppresses a servile, but restless underclass, giving rise to a growing insurrection. Even after having spent so many years in the servile conditions of the workhouse, and then the brothel, I still had the urge to say my piece, but I'd learnt that sometimes it was wiser not to. His wife is a disgruntled waitress at the same restaurant who chafes at the servile role her job demands. ‘This is really a question of listeners equating machines with human beings who are being understood to perform servile functions,’ she said. He defined ‘slavery’ broadly to include all systems of servile labor. Origin Late Middle English (in the sense ‘suitable for a slave or for the working class’): from Latin servilis, from servus ‘slave’.
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