submissive

美 [səbˈmɪsɪv]英 [səbˈmɪsɪv]
  • adj.顺从的;唯命是从的;听话的;驯服的

派生词: submissively adv.;submissiveness n.

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adj.

唯命是从的;顺从的;驯服的;听话的
too willing to accept sb else's authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do

He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.

他期望女儿都温顺听话。

She followed him like a submissive child.

她对他百依百顺,像个听话的孩子。

assertive

submissive

频次

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    ADJ-GRADED 顺从的;恭顺的;听话的
    If you are submissive, you obey someone without arguing.

    Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.

    大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。

  • The troops submissively laid down their weapons.

    各部队服从命令,放下了武器。

adj

1
inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
submissive servants
a submissive reply
replacing troublemakers with more submissive people
2
abjectly submissive;characteristic of a slave or servant
slavish devotion to her job ruled her life
a slavish yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adam
she has become submissive and subservient
Synonym: slavish subservient

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  1. He went about very quiet , and in a way , submissive .

    他默默无声地走来走去,一副唯命是从的样子。

  2. The law still seems to regard women as meek and submissive and men as strong breadwinners .

    法律似乎仍然视女人为温顺而又唯命是从的,而男人是强壮有力的挣钱养家人。

  3. She followed him like a submissive child .

    她对他百依百顺,像个听话的孩子。

  4. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive .

    他期望女儿都温顺听话。

  5. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive .

    大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。

  6. He flung himself down in the flat submissive posture of a mere supplicant .

    他以一个卑微的哀求者绝对谦恭的姿态猛地趴在地上。

  7. Subject or submissive to authority or the control of another .

    服从或顺从于他人的权威或控制。

  8. A submissive wife says yes to everything her husband says .

    顺从的妻子对她丈夫所说的一切都惟惟诺诺。

  9. The painting has captured the image of a submissive Chinese wife .

    这画面表露了中国妇女顺服的妻子角色。

  10. First you should try to determine what makes you submissive or guilty .

    首先,你应该找出是什么使你屈从和内疚的。

  11. They never become submissive like dogs and horses .

    它们不像狗和马那样柔驯。

  12. We need him to become relaxed and submissive .

    我们需要他变的放松和顺从。

  13. Let a woman quietly receive instruction and be submissive .

    女人要在沉静中受教,事事服从。

  14. Submissive communication is consistently giving in to others on points of possible contention .

    顺从型交际指在可能引起争议的方面总是让步于别人。

  15. He was looking for a quiet submissive wife who would obey his every wish .

    他正在寻找一个娴静而温顺的妻子,她愿意对他百依百顺。

  16. Duke Ai asked , What shall I do that the common people may be submissive ?

    鲁哀公问道:要做什么事情才能使百姓服从你?

  17. It also means showing deferential or submissive respect .

    表示低声下气的,顺服的表现出恭敬或谦卑的敬仰的。

  18. Their early training programmed them to be obedient and submissive .

    他们早先受过的教育已把他们训练得俯首帖耳、唯命是从。

  19. Yes , and often a shift to a submissive posture , too .

    对,而且还经常会转成顺从姿态。

  20. Excessively submissive or devoted to one 's wife .

    过分溺爱妻子的;怕老婆的。

  21. Some , who were most violent among themselves now appeared as submissive as children .

    有的人在他们自己人中间穷凶极恶,此刻却像孩子般恭顺。

  22. Submissive to everything , open , listening .

    顺合一切,开放、听。

  23. Our generation was submissive to our parents . We respected them .

    我们这代人对父母唯命是从,我们尊敬他们。

  24. Said a ragged and submissive man , ' it is a child . '

    一个衣衫褴的恭顺的男人说,是个孩子。

  25. However , in this process , the liberating force comes up against the resistance of the submissive .

    而在这一过程中,解放的力量遇到顺从的力量与之抗衡。

  26. She listened to it all with the most steady and submissive attention .

    她十分沉静、顺从、注意地听着这一切。

  27. Looking down will make you seem submissive , while looking away will make you seem shifty .

    眼睛向下看会让你看上去唯命是从,眼神往其他地方看会让你看上去躲躲闪闪。

  28. He was submissive to a word of advice .

    凡是劝他的话,他没有不听的。

  29. Firstly she challenges the traditional family pattern with husband as the ruler and wife in a submissive position .

    首先贝基改变了丈夫是统治者而妻子处于从属地位的传统家庭角色分工。

  30. In fact they are usually repelled by this behavior because it is SUBMISSIVE !

    实际上他们非常抵制这种行为,因为你为命是从。