1. His costume suggests work and subservience: work-goggles around his neck, a grimy face, knee-pads. 他的装束反映了他的状况，脖子上一双骨碌转的眼睛，邋遢的脸，护膝。
2. I was told in school to put a patient in a gown when he isn't listening or cooperating. It casts him in a position of subservience. 学校里我学到的是如果病人不听话或者不合作，就让他穿上大袍子。这对他反而是有益的。
3. After centuries of subservience to the "white" minority, they have mastered the country's politics and reshaped its guiding documents. 在从属于“白人”少数民族几个世纪后，他们掌握了国家的政治，重新确立了国家的纲领性文件。
英英解释
n.
1. the condition of being something that is useful in reaching an end or carrying out a plan
2. in a subservient state
3. abject or cringing submissiveness
