1660s, "subservient, subordinate," from Latin ancillaris "relating to maidservants," from ancilla "handmaid," fem. diminutive of anculus "servant," literally "he who bustles about," from root of ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + PIE *kwol-o-, from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about, be much about" (see cycle (n.)).
实用例句
1. Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
科技发展意味着许多医学衍生职业的增长。来自柯林斯例句
2. Ancillary charges are at least $30 per day.
附加收费每天至少30美元。来自柯林斯例句
3. The transport corps is ancillary to the infantry.
运输队是步兵的辅助部队.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. Does it provide ancillary information , or is it the main attraction itself?
它是提供辅助信息的, 还是本身只是一个吸引人的摆设?来自About Face 3交互设计精髓
5. The ancillary systems of plasma ignition are also involved in this paper.
