| 单词 | servile |
| 释义 | servile (once / 1233 pages) adj If you want to get someone to like you, don't offer to fetch them a Coke, rub their feet, or do their homework. They won't like you any better, and your servile attitude will only cost you their respect. To remember servile, just think of the word servant––they both derive from the Latin servus "slave." In fact, servile also means anything characteristic of a slave. "After winning the lottery, the ex-slave shed first his servile clothes, later his servile manner. The transformation was complete." WORD FAMILYservile: servilely, servilest, servility, unservile+/servility: servilities USAGE EXAMPLES“Part of the image of the Chinese was that of weaklings who were passive and servile,” Lee said. Seattle Times(Dec 05, 2016) The cozy and friendly press coverage revealed in the leaks show a servile press - not a vigilant watchman. New York Times(Oct 14, 2016) To Mark in Cleveland,I do not think the word servile applies. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) 1adj submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior spoke in a servile tone the incurably servile housekeeper servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work Syn|Ant bootlicking, fawning, sycophantic, toadyish attempting to win favor by flattery obsequiousattentive in an ingratiating or servile manner slavish, submissive, subservientabjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant slavelikesuitable for a slave or servant unservile, unsubmissive not servile or submissive 2adj relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants Brown's attempt at servile insurrection the servile wars of Sicily servile work Syn unfree held in servitude |
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