2. Instead of speaking, I smiled; and not a very complacent or submissive smile either. 我没说话，只是微笑，而且那也不是非常得意或者谦恭的微笑。
3. The result of this unnatural act is to make both the speaker and the audience somewhat nervous in their new roles as dominant speaker and submissive audience. 这种不自然的行为结果使得演讲者和听众皆对于他们的新角色——即演讲人很强势，而听众则很顺从——变得有些紧张起来。
英英解释
adj.
1. inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination
2. abjectly submissive; characteristic of a slave or servant
