subjection
[səb'dʒɛkʃən]
- n. 隶属；服从；征服
英文词源
- subjection (n.)
- late 14c., "obedience, submission; servitude, bondage; lordship, control," from Anglo-French subjectioun, Old French subjection "submission; subjugation; inferior condition; captivity" (12c., Modern French sujétion), from Latin subjectionem (nominative subjectio) "a putting under," noun of action from past participle stem of subicere (see subject (n.)).
双语例句
- 1. What started as subjection by force soon became " voluntary servitude ".
- 这样,最初的暴力征服很快就变成了 “ 甘受奴役 ”.
来自辞典例句
- 2. She revolved the'son Willoughby " through moods of stupefaction, contempt, revolt, subjection.
- 她以麻木 、 鄙夷 、 厌恶 、 屈从的心情反复默想着 “ 我的孩子威洛比 ”.
来自辞典例句
- 3. Women ought not to be in financial subjection to their husbands.
- 妇女在经济上不应从属于丈夫.
来自辞典例句
- 4. It is impossible nowadays to keep nations in subjection if they are striving for freedom.
- 当今,只要各民族为自由而奋斗,就不可能使他们屈服.
来自辞典例句
- 5. They construed the social contract as a pact of complete subjection to an absolute sovereign.
- 他们把社会契约看成是公民完全服从专制君主的条约.
来自辞典例句