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单词 servile
释义
servile
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈsɜː.vaɪl/us
/ˈsɝː.vəl/
tooeagertoserveandpleasesomeoneelsein a way thatshowsyou do not have muchrespectfor yourself:
卑躬的；谄媚的
As awaiteryouwantto bepleasanttopeoplewithoutappearingtotallyservile.作为服务员，你应该对人友好，但不要表现出完全卑躬屈膝的样子。
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servility
(Definition ofservilefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

servile| American Dictionary

servile
adjective
us
/ˈsɜr·vəl,-vɑɪl/
eagertoserveandpleasesomeoneelsein a way thatshowsalackofrespectfor yourself:
As awaiter, youwantto bepleasanttopeoplewithoutappearingservile.
(Definition ofservilefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofservile

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He was wearing livery and the livery signalled hisservilestatus.
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They are thus apparently restricted to two genres : ethnographic orservile.
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These highlight the need for more comparative work between desert peoples, between nomads and ' sedentaries ', and between the colonial and post-colonial 'servile' condition.
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It is also true thatservileimitation is no reform and is often worse than the original evil.
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The ratio of males to females rose dramatically with an equal fall in the ratio of children to adults in the totalservilepopulation.
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Two other ostensible patronyms seem by their diminutive form to imply aservileorigin.
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The causes are completely different and must be sought in the ways in which marriages are concluded and in theservilecondition of women.
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Where the frankpledge system existed, all free andservilemen were pledged to one another in small groups, usually of ten men, providing mutual surety.
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The vast majority of bondservants had been freed, and legallyservilestatuses largely abolished.
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As is the case with many of the world's cultures, the clothing of wealthy members of society was far more ornate than that of the working orservileclasses.
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The entire historiography of nineteenth-century 'legitimate trade ' and its internal use ofservilelabor is simply ignored here.
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And while the partitions defining people according to religion,servilestatus, tribe, guild, or household slowly faded, the blurred outlines of the nuclear family began to solidify.
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Our intercourse with them could not be called society, which supposes a degree of equality; but absolute command on the one side, andservileobedience on the other.
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Covering their heads and bodies was one of the first public demonstrations that formerlyservilemen and women made of their freedom in the post-abolition era.
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