1. His costume suggests work and
subservience: work-goggles around his neck, a grimy face, knee-pads.
他的装束反映了他的状况,脖子上一双骨碌转的眼睛,邋遢的脸,护膝。
2. I was told in school to put a patient in a gown when he isn't listening or cooperating. It casts him in a position of
subservience.
学校里我学到的是如果病人不听话或者不合作,就让他穿上大袍子。这对他反而是有益的。
3. After centuries of
subservience to the "white" minority, they have mastered the country's politics and reshaped its guiding documents.
在从属于“白人”少数民族几个世纪后,他们掌握了国家的政治,重新确立了国家的纲领性文件。