He showed a slavish devotion to his leader.
他对领导表现出奴性的忠诚。
Choose the word that is the closest synonym to “slavish”: The employee''s ________ devotion to the company was both admired and pitied by his colleagues.
C — servile. “slavish” means adj. Servile and obsequious; fawning
His ______ obedience to every command made him seem to have no will of his own.
D — slavish. “slavish” means adj. Servile and obsequious; fawning
slavish — adj. Servile and obsequious; fawning. In Chinese: 奴性的，盲从的.
slavish is pronounced /ˈsleɪvɪʃ/. It breaks into 2 syllables: sla · vish.
He showed a slavish devotion to his leader. (他对领导表现出奴性的忠诚。)
servile, obsequious, imitative — all close in meaning to slavish (adj. Servile and obsequious; fawning).
Yes. slavish appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
slav (Slavic slave) + ish→ servile, blindly following.