Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you.
Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example.
他的60个下级官员都以他为榜样。
Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing.
It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.
它是一种图像胜于语言的艺术。
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。
subordinates
If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for.
Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates.
黑格不想向下属请教。
subordinates , subordinating , subordinated
If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing.
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。