subordinating

柯林斯詞典

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1. N-COUNT If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for. 下級(jí)
Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates. 黑格不想曏下屬們尋求指導(dǎo)。
2. ADJ Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you. 下級(jí)的
Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example. 他的60個(gè)下級(jí)官員都以他爲(wèi)榜樣。
3. ADJ Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing. 次要的; 從屬的
It was an art in which words were subordinate to images. 它是一種語言比圖像次要的藝術(shù)。
4. V-T If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing. 使從屬於; 把…列於次要地位
He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim. 他既願(yuàn)意也能夠讓別的一切從屬於這個(gè)目標(biāo)。
5. subordinationN-UNCOUNT 從屬; 次要
...the social subordination of women. …婦女們的社會(huì)從屬地位。