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.
雙語例句
1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
大部分醫(yī)生希望病人能聽從醫(yī)囑。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive.
他期望女兒都溫順聽話。
來自《權威詞典》
3. Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive.
他們早期受過的教育把他們訓練得俯首帖耳、唯命是從.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He expects his wife to be meek and submissive.
他期望妻子溫順而且聽他擺布.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. " As long as Hung - chien thinks she's submissive,'said Tun - weng , " it's all right.