1580s, "inclined to submit, yielding to authority," from Latin submiss-, past participle stem of submittere (see submission) + -ive. Masochistic sexual sense is attested by 1969. As a noun in this sense, by 1985. Related: Submissively; submissiveness.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
大部分醫(yī)生希望病人能聽(tīng)從醫(yī)囑。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
他期望女兒都溫順聽(tīng)話。
來(lái)自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive.
他們?cè)缙谑苓^(guò)的教育把他們訓(xùn)練得俯首帖耳、唯命是從.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
4. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
他期望妻子溫順而且聽(tīng)他擺布.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
5. " As long as Hung - chien thinks she's submissive,'said Tun - weng , " it's all right.