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The Parliament which used to be a subservient arm of the Executive is now a vigorous forum for debate, and an important check on Executive power.
議會過去是行政部門的一個唯唯諾諾的臂膊，現(xiàn)在成為了一個舉行辯論的活躍論壇，成為了行政權(quán)力的一個重要制衡。
They should see themselves as aliens,as exiles, and yet they should see themselves as properly subservient,honorable, well behaved exiles in a Roman context.
他們應(yīng)該把自己當(dāng)做入境者，寄居者，并應(yīng)該把自己看做是,適當(dāng)屈從的和可敬的，行為良好的在羅馬的寄居者。
It defines the traditional relationship of individuals as subservient to the state—among whose representatives none is accorded more authority than the public prosecutor.
這詮釋了屈從政府的個人與政府的傳統(tǒng)關(guān)系。在政府的代表們中，沒有誰比檢察官被賦予更大的權(quán)力。

She both loved and respected Horne, who was the first African American to land a major Hollywood contract, at a time when blacks were cast only in subservient roles.
That is to say, it is subservient to the natural world; its importance is that it refers to that world.
也就是說，這些學(xué)科都是自然世界的奴仆;,它們存在的價(jià)值就是去解釋那個自然世界。
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They are subservient to an idea that they have to express, which is the idea of God, right, and God is real.
它們臣服于那個需要它們闡釋的觀點(diǎn)，上帝的觀點(diǎn)，是的，上帝也是實(shí)實(shí)在在的。
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But Canadians do not like their governments to be subservient to their more powerful neighbour.
ECONOMIST: Canada

willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people

If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do.
subservience
If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing.