1·He was subservient and servile.
他恭敬顺从,卑躬屈膝。
—— 《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
2·Listen to Virginia Woolf on page 600 of a Room of One's Own where she says, top of the left-hand column: For genius like Shakespeare's is not born among labouring, uneducated, servile people.
看看伍尔夫在《一间自己的房间》第600页,都说了些什么,左边一栏最上面:,“劳动者,未受教育和卑躬屈膝的人们之中,不会有如莎士比亚似的天才诞生。”
3·Not a servile one -- he will never do that.
这不是一种卑躬屈膝的鞠躬——他决不会那样做。
1·From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury, and useless labour, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence.--This is an American....
他经历厂被迫失业、卑屈的依赖、赤贫和无用的劳动之后,现在正从事一个性质完全不同的劳动,这种劳动将得到充足的物质报酬。
2·From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, penury, and useless Labour, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence.
他经历厂被迫失业、卑屈的依赖、赤贫和无用的劳动之后,现在正从事一个性质完全不同的劳动,这种劳动将得到充足的物质报酬。
3·A good servant should be complaisant but not servile.
一个好的仆人应该是殷勤的,而不是卑屈的。