прилагательное 1) подчинённый, зависимый Например: A good leader's policies must be subservient to the needs of the people. — Политика хорошего руководителя должна служить нуждам людей. Синоним(ы): subordinate, subsidiary, subject, auxiliary, contributory, accessory, ancillary 2) рабский, раболепный Например: subservient attitude to somebody — рабское отношение к кому-либо Синоним(ы): obsequious 3) (subservient to) служащий средством для (чего-либо), содействующий (чему-либо)
adjective Etymology: Latin subservient-, subserviens, present participle of subservire 1. useful in an inferior capacity; subordinate 2. serving to promote some end 3. obsequiously submissive; truckling • subserviently adverb Synonyms: subservient, servile, slavish, obsequious mean showing or characterized by extreme compliance or abject obedience. subservient implies the cringing manner of one very conscious of a subordinate position Example: domestic help was expected to be properly subservient. servile suggests the mean or fawning behavior of a slave Example: a political boss and his entourage of servile hangers-on. slavish suggests abject or debased servility Example: the slavish status of migrant farm workers. obsequious implies fawning or sycophantic compliance and exaggerated deference of manner Example: waiters who are obsequious in the presence of celebrities.