late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars, name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600.
例文
1. They said she had a servile attitude to heremployer.
彼らは彼女が彼女のボスにおべっかを使っていると言った。
2.An honest judge cannot be servile to public opinion.
正直な裁判官は世論にひたすら従うことはできない。
3.He is servile to his boss.
彼はボスにひたすら従順だった。
4.He was subservient and servile .
彼は低い声で卑屈になった。
5.A servile civilization is a standing invitation to predatory free men.