新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

subordinate

英  [səˈbɔːdɪnət]
    

[ADJ, NOUN, VERB]

    ADJ. 形容词
  • 1下级的

    Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you.

    双语例句

    例:

    Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example.

    他的60个下级官员都以他为榜样。

    2次要的 , 从属的

    Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing.

    近义词

    inferior

    反义词

    superior

    双语例句

    例:

    It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.

    它是一种图像胜于语言的艺术。

    例:

    However, this critique of conspiracy or integrationist theory is subordinate to Connell's main contention.

    然而,对阴谋或种族融合理论的批判是从属于康奈尔的主要论点的。

    NOUN. 名词
  • subordinates

    1[C 可数名词] 下级

    If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for.

    双语例句

    例:

    Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates.

    黑格不想向下属请教。

    VERB. 动词
  • subordinates , subordinating , subordinated

    1[T 及物动词] 使从属于 , 把…列于次要地位

    If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing.

    双语例句

    例:

    He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim.

    他既愿意也能够让别的一切从属于这个目标。

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