[ '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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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
