The noun and adjective are pronounced /'s?b?d?n?t/. The verb is pronounced /'s?b?d?ne?t/. 名詞和形容詞讀作 /'s?b?d?n?t/。動(dòng)詞讀作 /'s?b?d?ne?t/。
1. 下級;下屬;部屬 If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for.
e.g. Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates... 黑格不愿向下屬請教。 e.g. Nearly all her subordinates adored her. 幾乎所有的下屬都崇拜她。
2. 隸屬的;從屬的;下級的 Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you.
e.g. Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example... 他的60個(gè)下級官員都以他為榜樣。 e.g. Women were regarded as subordinate to free men. 過(guò)去女人被認為是從屬于自由民的。
3. 次要的;其次的 Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing.
e.g. It was an art in which words were subordinate to images. 這是一種形象勝于語(yǔ)言的藝術(shù)。
4. 把…置于次要地位;看輕 If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing.
e.g. He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim. 為了這個(gè)目標他愿意并能夠把其他一切都放在次要的位置。
subordination ...the social subordination of women. 女性的社會(huì )從屬地位 ...economic subordination to Europe. 經(jīng)濟上從屬于歐洲
subordinate英英釋義
noun
1. a word that is more specific than a given word
Synonym: hyponymsubordinate word
2. an assistant subject to the authority or control of another
Synonym: subsidiaryunderlingfoot soldier
verb
1. make subordinate, dependent, or subservient
e.g. Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler
Synonym: subdue
2. rank or order as less important or consider of less value
e.g. Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools
adj
1. (of a clause) unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence
e.g. a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence
Synonym: dependent
2. lower in rank or importance
Synonym: low-level
3. subject or submissive to authority or the control of another