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单词 subservience
释义 sub·ser·vi·ence
\-vēən(t)s\ noun
also sub·ser·vi·en·cy \-nsē, -nsi\
(plural subserviences also subserviencies)
Etymology: Latin subservire to be subservient, to subserve + English -ence or -ency
1. : the quality or state of functioning in serving or promoting : the condition of one that subserves
 < these proposals are made in subservience to the end in view >
2. : the quality or state of being subordinate or subordinated to something
 < subservience to sensation — Marjorie Grene >
 < the emancipation of American literature from its subservience to England — American Guide Series: Massachusetts >
3.
 a. : excessive willingness to submit to the control or demands of another
  < repudiated the administration's subservience to foreign interests >
 b. : servile inferiority : obsequious servility
  < felt no subservience in working for him — Emery Neff >
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