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.
实用例句
1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
大部分医生希望病人能听从医嘱。来自柯林斯例句
2. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
他期望女儿都温顺听话。来自《权威词典》
3. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive.
他们早期受过的教育把他们训练得俯首帖耳、唯命是从.来自《简明英汉词典》
4. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
他期望妻子温顺而且听他摆布.来自《简明英汉词典》
5. " As long as Hung - chien thinks she's submissive,'said Tun - weng , " it's all right.
