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serviceable
1、 Helpful or useful.
2、 Usable.
🌱In the attic they found some chairs and a table, which, with a new coat of paint, became quite serviceable for informal get-togethers. 🌳Someone who speaks serviceable Spanish isn't fluent in it but gets by pretty well. A serviceable jacket is practical and maybe even rugged. But serviceable sometimes damns with faint praise. A serviceable performance is all right but not inspired. Serviceable curtains aren't the ideal color or pattern, but they serve their purpose. A serviceable pair of shoes is sturdy but won't win you any fashion points. servile 1、 Suitable to a servant.
2、 Humbly submissive.
🌱The dog's manner was servile, and it lacked a healthy independence. 🌳During the Middle Ages, most of the farming was done by a servile class known as serfs, who enjoyed hardly any personal freedom. This began to change in the 14th century; but the Russian serfs weren't freed until the 1860s, when the servile class in the U.S. was also freed. But servile today usually refers to a personal manner; a person who shows servility usually isn't a servant, but simply seems too eager to please and seems to lack self-respect. servitude A state or condition of slavery or bondage to another.
🌱She spent an entire summer working at a resort under conditions that felt like utter servitude. 🌳Servitude is slavery or anything resembling it. The entire black population of colonial America lived in permanent servitude. And millions of the whites who populated this country arrived in "indentured servitude," obliged to pay off the cost of their journey with several years of labor. Servitude comes in many forms, of course: in the bad old days of the British navy, it was said that the difference between going to sea and going to jail was that you were less likely to drown in jail. subservient 1、 Serving or useful in an inferior situation or capacity.
2、 Slavishly obedient.
🌱Many have wondered why Congress always seems subservient to the financial industry, supporting it even when the voters are angrily calling for reforms. 🌳Since sub- means "below," it emphasizes the lower position of the person in the subservient one. Soldiers of a given rank are always subservient to those of a higher rank; this subservience is symbolized by the requirement that they salute their superior at every opportunity. Women have often been forced into subservient relationships with men. A small nation may feel subservient to its more powerful neighbor, obliged to obey even when it doesn't want to. So subservience usually brings with it a good dose of resentment.
2、 Usable.
🌱In the attic they found some chairs and a table, which, with a new coat of paint, became quite serviceable for informal get-togethers. 🌳Someone who speaks serviceable Spanish isn't fluent in it but gets by pretty well. A serviceable jacket is practical and maybe even rugged. But serviceable sometimes damns with faint praise. A serviceable performance is all right but not inspired. Serviceable curtains aren't the ideal color or pattern, but they serve their purpose. A serviceable pair of shoes is sturdy but won't win you any fashion points. servile 1、 Suitable to a servant.
2、 Humbly submissive.
🌱The dog's manner was servile, and it lacked a healthy independence. 🌳During the Middle Ages, most of the farming was done by a servile class known as serfs, who enjoyed hardly any personal freedom. This began to change in the 14th century; but the Russian serfs weren't freed until the 1860s, when the servile class in the U.S. was also freed. But servile today usually refers to a personal manner; a person who shows servility usually isn't a servant, but simply seems too eager to please and seems to lack self-respect. servitude A state or condition of slavery or bondage to another.
🌱She spent an entire summer working at a resort under conditions that felt like utter servitude. 🌳Servitude is slavery or anything resembling it. The entire black population of colonial America lived in permanent servitude. And millions of the whites who populated this country arrived in "indentured servitude," obliged to pay off the cost of their journey with several years of labor. Servitude comes in many forms, of course: in the bad old days of the British navy, it was said that the difference between going to sea and going to jail was that you were less likely to drown in jail. subservient 1、 Serving or useful in an inferior situation or capacity.
2、 Slavishly obedient.
🌱Many have wondered why Congress always seems subservient to the financial industry, supporting it even when the voters are angrily calling for reforms. 🌳Since sub- means "below," it emphasizes the lower position of the person in the subservient one. Soldiers of a given rank are always subservient to those of a higher rank; this subservience is symbolized by the requirement that they salute their superior at every opportunity. Women have often been forced into subservient relationships with men. A small nation may feel subservient to its more powerful neighbor, obliged to obey even when it doesn't want to. So subservience usually brings with it a good dose of resentment.
SERV means "to be subject to." A servant is the person who serves you with meals and provides other necessary services.A tennis or volleyball serve puts the ball in play, much as a servant puts food on the table.🌸