late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars, name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600.
实用例句
1. They said she had a servile attitude to her employer.
他们说她对她的老板阿谀逢迎。
来自柯林斯例句
2. An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.
一个正直的法官不能一味顺从舆论.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He is servile to his boss.
他对老板一味地顺从.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He was subservient and servile.
他低声下气、卑躬屈膝。
来自辞典例句
5. A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.
