subordinating
subordinating — 動詞
- subordinatingpresent simple I / you / we / they
- subordinatings3rd person singular
- subordinatinging-ing form
- subordinatingedpast simple
1. to treat someone or something as less important or valuable than another person
使次要；貶抑
將某人/某事置於較不重要的地位
to treat someone or something as less important or valuable than another person or thing, so that the other person or thing receives more attention or power
Her personal life has been subordinated to her career for the past ten years.
過去十年來，她將個人生活置於事業之下。
passive: subordinated to [something]
Zuri worried that her team's ideas were being subordinated to the marketing department's sales targets.
Zuri 擔心團隊的創意想法被行銷部門的銷售目標壓制，淪為次要考量。
subordinated to [something] with passive progressive
Henry refused to subordinate his personal principles to political pressure during the election campaign.
Henry 拒絕為了選戰的政治壓力而將個人原則放在次要位置。
refuse to subordinate + to [something]
The hospital board subordinated patient safety to cost-cutting measures, angering the nursing staff.
醫院董事會將病患安全置於節省成本之後，此舉激怒了護理人員。
- subordinate X to Y
- be subordinated to
- refuse to subordinate
- prioritise
to treat something as more important
- elevate
to raise to a higher position or level of importance
文法句型
subordinate + [noun/pronoun] + to + [noun/pronoun]
用法筆記
Frequently used in the passive voice (be subordinated to). The object placed in the less important role typically comes between 'subordinate' and 'to'.
常見錯誤
subordinating — 形容詞
- subordinatingpositive
- more subordinatingcomparative
- most subordinatingsuperlative
1. describing a word that links a dependent clause to the rest of the sentence and
從屬（連接）
引導從屬子句的連接詞
describing a word that links a dependent clause to the rest of the sentence and shows how the two parts relate to each other
"Because" is a subordinating conjunction that explains why something happens in a sentence.
「Because」是從屬連接詞，用來解釋句中某事發生的原因。
common subordinating conjunction: because
"Although Kasia was tired, she finished her work" — here "although" is a subordinating conjunction.
「Although Kasia 很累，但她還是完成了工作」——這裡的「although」是從屬連接詞。
subordinating conjunction at the start of a sentence
Adina's teacher asked the class to find all subordinating conjunctions, like "since" and "while."
Adina 的老師要求全班找出句中所有的從屬連接詞，例如「since」和「while」。
subordinating conjunction examples: since, while
"Unless" is a subordinating conjunction for conditions, as in "Unless Mei studies, she will not pass."
「Unless」是用來表示條件的從屬連接詞，例如「Unless Mei 用功讀書，她就不會及格」。
subordinating conjunction: unless for condition
- subordinating conjunction
- subordinating word
- subordinative
a rarer synonym used mostly in technical linguistics writing
- coordinating
describes conjunctions that connect equal grammatical units (and, but, or)
文法句型
subordinating + conjunction
subordinating + word
用法筆記
This term is most commonly used in the phrase 'subordinating conjunction.' Subordinating conjunctions (e.g., because, although, while, since, unless, if, when) connect a dependent (subordinate) clause to a main clause. They differ from coordinating conjunctions (e.g., and, but, or), which connect two grammatically equal units.
常見錯誤
同根字
- subordinate動詞B2
- subordinate形容詞B2
- subordinate名詞B2
- subordination名詞C1
- subordinative形容詞C2
常見搭配
常用片語
- subordinate X to Y
- be subordinated to