| 词汇 | slavish |
| 语种 | 英语、汉语、英汉翻译、汉英翻译 |
| 释义 | slavish adjective disapprovinguk /ˈsleɪ.vɪʃ/ us /ˈsleɪ.vɪʃ/ obeying completely and having no original thoughts or ideas: 唯命是从的，盲从的 a slavish devotion to duty盲目忠于职守 a slavish translation刻板的翻译 Synonyms serviledisapproving submissive Opposite domineeringdisapproving Obedient and compliant accordance acquiescent acquiescently adherence compliantly do as someone is told dutiful dutifully easy follower pliable pursuant ruly sheep sheeple slavishly someone's answer to someone/somethingidiom truckle what/whatever someone says goesidiom yielding slavish | American Dictionaryslavish adjective us/ˈsleɪ·vɪʃ/ completely obedient: He was criticized for his slavish devotion to rules and regulations. Examples of slavishslavish Ethics means confronting the ambiguous and the obvious alike, without slavish dogma, especially from the left. Dangers of slavish over-adherence to deleterious 'substitute judgements', potentially based on outmoded and ill-informed previous views, are, it is to be hoped, avoided. This does not extend, however, to a slavish addition to form. Certainly much of the research of the 1980s could be in part characterized as the slavish replication of studies conducted in first language. Thereby the dangers of slavish overadherence to deleterious 'substitute judgements', potentially based on outmoded and ill-informed previous views, should be avoided. More important, it gives them a validity which mere and often slavish adherence to the parent tradition usually the first manifestations of writing in the imported language does not. Without being a slavish devotee of what is called purchasing power parity theory. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As such, the convention is for the guidance of wise men and the slavish obedience of fools. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The political class consists entirely of slavish servants of the president as a result of a system of rewards and punishments. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I said that we should not be slavish in our response to it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One of the commonest vices of subordinate nations is the sort of slavish snobbery which apes the thing of the dominant nation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In this case it is either an inability to face facts or a slavish adherence to departmental philosophy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are even some slavish admirers of it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is right that a debate on a matter of such gravity should not follow a pattern of slavish adherence to a consensus viewpoint. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not by temperament, nor by action, necessarily a slavish supporter of any particular party line. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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