late 14c., "obedience, submission; servitude, bondage; lordship, control," from Anglo-French subjectioun, Old French subjection "submission; subjugation; inferior condition; captivity" (12c., Modern French sujétion), from Latin subjectionem (nominative subjectio) "a putting under," noun of action from past participle stem of subicere (see subject (n.)).
雙語例句
1. What started as subjection by force soon became " voluntary servitude ".
這樣,最初的暴力征服很快就變成了 “ 甘受奴役 ”.
來自辭典例句
2. She revolved the'son Willoughby " through moods of stupefaction, contempt, revolt, subjection.
她以麻木 、 鄙夷 、 厭惡 、 屈從的心情反復默想著 “ 我的孩子威洛比 ”.
來自辭典例句
3. Women ought not to be in financial subjection to their husbands.
婦女在經濟上不應從屬于丈夫.
來自辭典例句
4. It is impossible nowadays to keep nations in subjection if they are striving for freedom.
當今,只要各民族為自由而奮斗,就不可能使他們屈服.
來自辭典例句
5. They construed the social contract as a pact of complete subjection to an absolute sovereign.