servile 音标拼音: [s'ɚvəl]
a . 奴隶的,奴隶根性的,卑屈的
奴隶的,奴隶根性的,卑屈的
servile adj 1 :
submissive or fawning in attitude or behavior ; "
spoke in a servile tone "; "
the incurably servile housekeeper ";
"
servile tasks such as floor scrubbing and barn work "
[
ant : {
unservile }, {
unsubmissive }]
2 :
relating to or involving slaves or appropriate for slaves or servants ; "
Brown '
s attempt at servile insurrection "; "
the servile wars of Sicily "; "
servile work "
Servile \
Serv "
ile \,
n . (
Gram .)
An element which forms no part of the original root ; --
opposed to {
radical }.
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Servile \
Serv "
ile \,
a . [
L .
servile ,
fr .
servus a servant or slave :
cf .
F .
servile .
See {
Serve }.]
1 .
Of or pertaining to a servant or slave ;
befitting a servant or a slave ;
proceeding from dependence ;
hence ,
meanly submissive ;
slavish ;
mean ;
cringing ;
fawning ;
as ,
servile flattery ;
servile fear ;
servile obedience .
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She must bend the servile knee . --
Thomson .
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Fearing dying pays death servile breath . --
Shak .
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2 .
Held in subjection ;
dependent ;
enslaved .
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Even fortune rules no more ,
O servile land ! --
Pope .
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3 . (
Gram .)
(
a )
Not belonging to the original root ;
as ,
a servile letter .
(
b )
Not itself sounded ,
but serving to lengthen the preceeding vowel ,
as e in tune .
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118 Moby Thesaurus words for "
servile ":
abject ,
abused ,
accepting ,
acquiescent ,
agreeable ,
apple -
polishing ,
ass -
kissing ,
assenting ,
attendant ,
attending ,
base ,
bootlicking ,
browbeaten ,
brown -
nosing ,
client ,
common ,
complaisant ,
compliable ,
compliant ,
complying ,
consenting ,
craven ,
cringing ,
crouching ,
deferential ,
demeaning ,
dependent ,
despicable ,
disadvantaged ,
downtrod ,
downtrodden ,
fawning ,
feudal ,
feudatory ,
flattering ,
ground down ,
groveling ,
helping ,
henpecked ,
humble ,
ignoble ,
in leading strings ,
in the shade ,
inferior ,
infra dig ,
ingratiating ,
junior ,
less ,
lesser ,
liege ,
low ,
lower ,
lowly ,
mean ,
mean -
spirited ,
menial ,
ministering ,
minor ,
misused ,
modest ,
nondissenting ,
nonresistant ,
nonresisting ,
nonresistive ,
obedient ,
obeisant ,
obsequious ,
on bended knee ,
oppressed ,
ordered around ,
ordinary ,
overborne ,
passive ,
prone ,
prostrate ,
regimented ,
resigned ,
scurvy ,
second rank ,
second string ,
secondary ,
serving ,
servitorial ,
slavish ,
slimy ,
smarmy ,
sordid ,
sub ,
subaltern ,
subject ,
submissive ,
subordinate ,
subservient ,
supine ,
sycophantic ,
sycophantish ,
third rank ,
third string ,
toadish ,
toadying ,
toadyish ,
trampled ,
tributary ,
truckling ,
tyrannized ,
ugly ,
unassertive ,
uncomplaining ,
unctuous ,
underprivileged ,
unmanned ,
unresistant ,
unresisting ,
vassal ,
vile ,
vulgar ,
waiting ,
wheedling
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