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1 de esclavo
• slavish -
2 servil
adj.servile.f. & m.servile person.* * *► adjetivo1 (humilde) servile2 (obediente) subservient3 (rastrero) base* * *ADJ1) (=poco apreciado) [actitud, comportamiento] servile, obsequious; [trabajo] menial2) [imitación, estilo] slavish* * *a) <persona/actitud> servile, obsequious (frml)b) < trabajo> menial* * *= subservient, menial.Ex. Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.Ex. The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.* * *a) <persona/actitud> servile, obsequious (frml)b) < trabajo> menial* * *= subservient, menial.Ex: Feminists have also indicated the demeaning and subservient features which characterise working relations between women and men as subordinates and superiors at work.
Ex: The librarians too often fall prey to laziness by refusing to perform less academic and more menial tasks = Con demasiada frecuencia los bibliotecas son víctimas de la pereza negándose a realizar tareas más insignificantes y menos académicas.* * *1 ‹persona/actitud› servile, obsequious ( frml)2 ‹trabajo› menial* * *
servil adjetivo
servil adjetivo servile
' servil' also found in these entries:
English:
obsequious
- servile
- slavish
- subservient
- sycophantic
* * *servil adj1. [obsequioso] servile2. [humilde] menial* * *adj servile* * *servil adj1) : servile, subservient2) : menial -
3 gregario
adj.gregarious, clannish.* * *► adjetivo1 gregarious\instinto gregario herd instinct————————* * *1. ADJ1) [animal, persona] gregarious2) (=servil) servile, slavish2.SM (Dep) domestic* * ** * *= gregarious, schooling.Ex. The most popular activities are either those involving little physical effort (eg, listening to records), looking after the house & garden, or gregarious activities like going out for a drink.Ex. The spiny dogfish is a small schooling shark that forms groups of hundreds or thousands of individuals of the same sex and size.* * ** * *= gregarious, schooling.Ex: The most popular activities are either those involving little physical effort (eg, listening to records), looking after the house & garden, or gregarious activities like going out for a drink.
Ex: The spiny dogfish is a small schooling shark that forms groups of hundreds or thousands of individuals of the same sex and size.* * *‹animal› gregarious; ‹persona› sociable, gregarious* * *
gregario,-a adjetivo gregarious
instinto gregario, herd instinct
' gregario' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
gregaria
English:
gregarious
- herd instinct
* * *gregario, -a♦ adj1. [animal] gregarious♦ nm[en ciclismo] domestique* * *adj gregarious;instinto gregario gregariousness* * *: gregarious -
4 genuflexo
ADJ Cono Sur servile, slavish* * *adjetivo ( arrodillado) kneeling* * *adjetivo ( arrodillado) kneeling* * *1 (arrodillado) kneeling* * *genuflexo, -a adjestaba genuflexo delante del altar he was kneeling o on his knees in front of the altar -
5 servil
• abjected• adulating• cringing• grovelled• grovellingly• servile• slavish• sycophantic
См. также в других словарях:
Slavish — Slav ish, a. Of or pertaining to slaves; such as becomes or befits a slave; servile; excessively laborious; as, a slavish life; a slavish dependance on the great. {Slav ish*ly}, adv. {Slav ish*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
slavish — [slā′vish] adj. 1. of or characteristic of a slave or slaves; specif., a) hopelessly submissive; servile b) Now Rare involving drudgery; laborious 2. blindly dependent or imitative [slavish adherence to a model] slavishly adv. slavishness n … English World dictionary
slavish — index loyal, obsequious, pliable, pliant, sequacious, servile, subservient Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
slavish — 1560s, from SLAVE (Cf. slave) + ISH (Cf. ish). Sense of servilely imitative is from 1753. Related: Slavishly; slavishness … Etymology dictionary
slavish — servile, menial, *subservient, obsequious Analogous words: *mean, abject, ignoble, sordid: *tame, subdued, submissive: *miserable, wretched … New Dictionary of Synonyms
slavish — is spelt without an e … Modern English usage
slavish — ► ADJECTIVE 1) showing no attempt at originality. 2) servile or submissive. DERIVATIVES slavishly adverb … English terms dictionary
slavish — slavishly, adv. slavishness, n. /slay vish/, adj. 1. of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection. 2. being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive: He was slavish in his obedience. 3. base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears. 4. deliberately… … Universalium
slavish — [[t]sle͟ɪvɪʃ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED (disapproval) You use slavish to describe things that copy or imitate something exactly, without any attempt to be original. She herself insists she is no slavish follower of fashion. Derived words: slavishly ADV… … English dictionary
slavish — slav•ish [[t]ˈsleɪ vɪʃ[/t]] adj. 1) of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection[/ex] 2) being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive 3) deliberately imitative: a slavish reproduction[/ex] 4) base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears[/ex] • Etymology … From formal English to slang
slavish — /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/ (say slayvish) adjective 1. of or befitting a slave: slavish submission. 2. being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive. 3. base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears. 4. painstakingly faithful, as a copy; lacking originality: a slavish… …