subservience

[USA]/səb'sɜːvɪəns/
[UK]/səb'sɝvɪəns/
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Oversættelse

n. tilstanden af at være nyttig eller gavnlig – tilstanden af at blive brugt eller kontrolleret af andre.
Word Forms

Eksempelsætninger

blind subservience to authority

blind underdanighed over for autoriteter

refuse to show subservience

nægte at udvise underdanighed

subservience to the enemy

underdanighed over for fjenden

demand subservience from their employees

kræve underdanighed fra deres ansatte

subservience to the ruling party

underdanighed over for regeringspartiet

subservience to societal norms

underdanighed over for samfundets normer

subservience to the dominant culture

underdanighed over for den dominerende kultur

subservience to external pressures

underdanighed over for eksterne pres

subservience to the demands of others

underdanighed over for andres krav

Virkelige Eksempler

The value of his subservience is wasted on you.

Hans underdanighed er spildt på dig.

Kilde: Rick and Morty Season 2 (Bilingual)

He detected in it a trace of subservience.

Han opdagede et spor af underdanighed i det.

Kilde: The Red and the Black (Part Three)

He lowered his eyes as much to hide his own anger as to show subservience.

Han sænkede blikket ligeså meget for at skjule sin egen vrede som for at vise underdanighed.

Kilde: "Dune" audiobook

Under one, a small band of fanatics demands total obedience to an oppressive ideology, condemns women to subservience, and marks unbelievers for murder.

Under en, en lille gruppe fanatikere kræver absolut lydighed mod en undertrykkende ideologi, fordømmer kvinder til underdanighed og mærker ikke-troende til mord.

Kilde: 50 Inspirational Speeches in English from Around the World

And then I take a second to listen to the lyrics, lyrics that, for example, place us in a position of subservience that we would never tolerate in any other context.

Og så tager jeg et øjeblik til at lytte til teksterne, tekster der, for eksempel, placerer os i en position af underdanighed, som vi aldrig ville tolerere i nogen anden kontekst.

Kilde: TED Talks (Video Edition) August 2020 Collection

For the Lilliputians think nothing can be more unjust, than for people, in subservience to their own appetites, to bring children into the world, and leave the burthen of supporting them on the public.

For liliputianerne mener, at der ikke kan være noget mere uretfærdigt end at folk, i underdanighed til deres egne lyster, bringer børn til verden og efterlader byrden ved at forsørge dem på det offentlige.

Kilde: Gulliver's Travels (Original Version)

Under this system, African people had no voting rights, and the education of native Africans was overhauled to emphasize their legal and social subservience to white settlers.

Under dette system havde sorte mennesker ingen stemmerettigheder, og uddannelsen af ​​indfødte afrikanere blev revideret for at understrege deres juridiske og sociale underdanighed til hvide nybyggere.

Kilde: TED-Ed (video version)

Adams was sure to learn backwards, but the case seemed entirely different with Cameron, a typical Pennsylvanian, a practical politician, whom all the reformers, including all the Adamses, had abused for a lifetime for subservience to moneyed interests and political jobbery.

Adams var sikker på at lære baglæns, men sagen virkede helt anderledes med Cameron, en typisk Pennsylvaner, en praktisk politiker, som alle reformatorer, inklusive alle Adams, havde misbrugt i en levetid for underdanighed til pengeinteresser og politisk jobberi.

Kilde: The Education of Henry Adams (Volume 2)

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