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服从的,顺从的,柔顺的

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Submissive \Sub*mis"sive\, a.
   1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's
      inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.

            Not at his feet submissive in distress, Creature so
            fair his reconcilement seeking.       --Milton.

   2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as,
      a submissive demeanor.

            With a submissive step I hasted down. --Prior.

   Syn: Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient;
        humble; modest; passive. -- {Sub*mis"sive*ly}, adv. --
        {Sub*mis"sive*ness}, n.

资料来源 : WordNet®

submissive
     adj 1: inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others
            or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a
            submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more
            submissive people" [ant: {domineering}]
     2: willing to submit without resistance to authority; deferent
     3: abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant;
        "slavish devotion to her job ruled her life"; "a slavish
        yes-man to the party bosses"- S.H.Adams; "she has become
        submissive and subservient" [syn: {slavish}, {subservient}]