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The Parliament which used to be a subservient arm of the Executive is now a vigorous forum for debate, and an important check on Executive power.
议会过去是行政部门的一个唯唯诺诺的臂膊，现在成为了一个举行辩论的活跃论坛，成为了行政权力的一个重要制衡。
They should see themselves as aliens,as exiles, and yet they should see themselves as properly subservient,honorable, well behaved exiles in a Roman context.
他们应该把自己当做入境者，寄居者，并应该把自己看做是,适当屈从的和可敬的，行为良好的在罗马的寄居者。
It defines the traditional relationship of individuals as subservient to the state—among whose representatives none is accorded more authority than the public prosecutor.
这诠释了屈从政府的个人与政府的传统关系。在政府的代表们中，没有谁比检察官被赋予更大的权力。

She both loved and respected Horne, who was the first African American to land a major Hollywood contract, at a time when blacks were cast only in subservient roles.
That is to say, it is subservient to the natural world; its importance is that it refers to that world.
也就是说，这些学科都是自然世界的奴仆;,它们存在的价值就是去解释那个自然世界。
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They are subservient to an idea that they have to express, which is the idea of God, right, and God is real.
它们臣服于那个需要它们阐释的观点，上帝的观点，是的，上帝也是实实在在的。
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But Canadians do not like their governments to be subservient to their more powerful neighbour.
ECONOMIST: Canada

willing to do what other people want, or considering your wishes as less important than those of other people

If you are subservient, you do whatever someone wants you to do.
subservience
If you treat one thing as subservient to another, you treat it as less important than the other thing.