[ 'sə:vail ] adj. 1.奴隶的。 2.奴性的；奴颜婢膝的；卑屈的；屈从的；隶属的。 3.无创造性的；无独立精神的。 4.【语言学】附属性的〔指本身不发音，只表示在它之前的元音字母发长音的字母，如 stone 一词中的 e 字母；或指词中表示派生关系[词性变化、语法关系等]的部分。如 mother's, sees, students 等词中的 s.〕。 短语和例子 servile flattery 卑躬屈膝的奉承。 servile labour 奴隶般的劳动。 n. 奴隶。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.
If you're very servile and humble we may give you another one next week . 如果你十分卑下，十分驯服，下星期也许我们再给你一张。
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A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men . 一个柔弱的文明对那些掠夺成性的自由人来说是一份长期有效的请帖。
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There never was such a base and servile treaty of surrender, since treaties began to exist . 自从世界上有条约以来，从来没见过这种奴颜婢膝的条约。
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There never was such a base and servile treaty of surrender, since treaties began to exist . 自从世界上有条约以来，从来没有见过这种奴颜婢膝的条约。
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Their history presented enough romantic circumstances to rob their servile origin of its grosser aspects . 他们富于浪漫色彩的经历足以抵消他们奴隶出身的种种粗俗。
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I did not, however, aim at gaining his favor by paying any servile respect to him, but after some time, took this other method . 不过我并不为了取得他的好感而奴颜婢膝，而是过一段时间后用了另一方法。
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From an honorable, solidly respectable general he had developed in the course of years into a servile flatterer with all the wrong instincts . 在几年之中，他就从一位诚实而受人尊敬的将军变成一个阿谀奉迎、毫无骨气、虚伪之极的臣仆。
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Their servile lives were spent in grovelling and cringing and toiling and running about like little dogs at the behest of their numerous masters . 他们卑躬屈节的一生是在拍马奉承、拼命干活中度过的，他们象小狗般的奔走在无数主人膝下。
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An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion 一个正直的法官不能一味顺从舆论。
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The longer i want to live the more servile i am 活得越久我就越象个奴隶
