compliant and obedient to authority; "editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones"-G. B. Shaw権威に従順で従順である卑屈
例:editors and journalists who express opinions in print that are opposed to the interests of the rich are dismissed and replaced by subservient ones-G. B. Shaw 金持ちの利益に反対する印刷物で意見を表すエディタとジャーナリストは、解雇されて、従属的なものと取り替えられる?G.B.ショー
serving or acting as a means or aid; "instrumental in solving the crime"援助の手段として支給する、または、働きをする役立つ