subservient /sdb'sxvidnt; sab'sviant/ adj ~ to, 1 giving too much respect to: 過分恭順的; 阿諛的; 卑屈的; 奉承的： ~ shopkeepers. 奉承顧 的店主。 2 useful as a means to a purpose; subordinate or subject to. 有助于某項目的的; 有用的; 輔助的; 隸屬的。 ~ly adv sub ssr vi-ones /-SN8; -ans/ n [U].