| 单词 | subordinate |
| 释义 | subordinate —subordinately, adv. —subordinateness, n. —subordination, subordinacy /seuh bawr"dn euh see/, n. —subordinative /seuh bawr"dn ay'tiv, -bawr"dn euh-/, adj. adj. , n. /seuh bawr"dn it/; v. /seuh bawr"dn ayt'/, adj., n., v., subordinated, subordinating. adj. 1. placed in or belonging to a lower order or rank. 2. of less importance; secondary. 3. subject to or under the authority of a superior. 4. subservient or inferior. 5. subject; dependent. 6. Gram. a. acting as a modifier, as when I finished, which is subordinate to They were glad in They were glad when I finished. b. noting or pertaining to a subordinating conjunction. 7. Obs. submissive. n. 8. a subordinate person or thing. v.t. 9. to place in a lower order or rank. 10. to make secondary (usually fol. by to): to subordinate work to pleasure. 11. to make subject, subservient, or dependent (usually fol. by to): to subordinate passion to reason. [1425-75; late ME (adj.) < ML subordinatus ptp. of subordinare to subordinate, equiv. to L sub- SUB- + ordin- (s. of ordo) rank, order + -atus -ATE1] Syn. 2. ancillary. 8. inferior, subject. 9. lower, reduce. Ant. 2. superior; primary. |
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