| 单词 | servile |
| 释义 | ser·vile I. 1. a. < the stigmata … of his servile antecedents — Oscar Handlin > b. < the machine increased the servitude of servile personalities — Lewis Mumford > c. < manors … within which both independent farmers and servile tenants lived — R.B.Morris > d. 2. Roman Catholicism < the first day shall be most solemn unto you, and holy: you shall do no servile work therein — Lev 23:7 (Douay Version) > 3. < doomed … to be destroyed or reduced to a servile station — Sir Winston Churchill > 4. a. < the servile attitude which he always maintained towards authority in intellectual and religious matters — R.A.Hall b.1911 > < leaves a servile old man in the clutches of his daughter — Times Literary Supplement > < too servile to the authority of older dictionaries — Louise Pound > b. < servile fear > c. 5. < could draw inspiration from the past without stooping to servile imitation — American Guide Series: New York > 6. < if it is used by a servile class it is avoided by the educated — A.N.Whitehead > 7. a. < servile sounds or letters > < s in English sits, man's, dogs is servile > b. < the e in stone is servile > c. 8. < in philosophy itself investigation and reasoning are only preparatory and servile parts, means to an end — George Santayana > Synonyms: see subservient II. 1. 2. |
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