submissive

• adj.従順な、従順な、柔軟な

submission、surrender、-ive、形容詞接尾辞。

submissive (adj.)

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.

1. Most doctors want their patients to be submissive .

ほとんどの医師は患者が医者の指示に従うことを望んでいる。

2.He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive .

彼は娘がおとなしく言うことを期待している。

3.Their early training programmes them to be obedient and submissive .

彼らが初期に受けた教育は彼らを卑屈に訓練し、言いなりになった。

4.He expects his wife to be meek and submissive .

彼は妻のおとなしさを期待し、彼の言うことを聞く。

5."As long as Hung-chien thinks she 's submissive ，'said Tun-weng，"it 's all right.

遯翁道：「鴻漸が彼女を柔和だと思ってくれればいいのに。