subordinate

[US]/səˈbɔːdɪnət/
[UK]/səˈbɔːrdɪnət/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. 部属,下级;从属;
vt. 使居下位;
adj. 从属的,次要的
Word Forms
过去分词subordinated
过去式subordinated
现在分词subordinating
复数subordinates
第三人称单数subordinates

Phrases & Collocations

subordinate body

下属机构;附属机构

subordinate clause

从句

subordinate staff

下属人员;从属人员

Example Sentences

be in a subordinate position

处于从属地位

The minority is subordinate to the majority.

少数服从多数。

A private is subordinate to a corporal.

列兵的级别低于下士。

subordinate a person to his superiors

使某人服从长官

superior and subordinates freely interchange ideas and information.

上下级之间无拘束地交换意见与信息。

subordinating conjunction (=subordinate conjunction)

从属[主从]连词

The sentence consists of a main clause and a subordinate clause.

这句中有一个主句和一个从句。

in adventure stories, character must be subordinate to action.

在惊险故事中,人物必须让位于情节。

practical considerations were subordinated to political expediency.

为了政治上的权宜之计,现实的考虑被放在了次要地位。

The interests of the individual must be subordinated to the interests of the collective.

个人利益必须服从集体利益。

Their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their acquaintance. It can also mean subordinate or nonessential:

偶然的相遇使他们重续前缘。 它也可用来指附加的或非本质的:

jumped at me for being late; jumped on her subordinates for their carelessness.

对我的迟到严厉批评;因他们粗枝大叶而大加指责她的下属

There are major and minor principles in everything, and the minor principles are all subordinate to the major.

事情有大道理, 有小道理, 一切小道理都归大道理管着。

All other considerations are subordinate to our need for steady profits.

比起我们需要稳定的利润来说, 其他需要考虑的事都是次要的。

To keep his job,he willingly subordinated his own interests to the objectives of the company.

为了保住工作,他自愿使自己的利益服从公司的目标。

In the Balkans, Mr Glenny argues, state power in several countries was virtually subordinated to criminal power.

格兰捏说,在巴尔干半岛很多国家的国家权利都被纳入了犯罪势力。

Linguistic indices contain the ratio of error-free T-unit (REFT) and subordinate clauses per T-unit (SCT).

语言指标包括无错误T-单位与全部T-单位之比(REFT)和全部从句与全部T-单位之比(SCT)。

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