transcription, транскрипция: [ sɜ:(r)vaɪl, AM -v(ə)l ]
If you say that someone is servile , you disapprove of them because they are too eager to obey someone or do things for them. ( FORMAL )
He was subservient and servile...
= obsequious
ADJ [ disapproval ]
• ser‧vil‧ity
She’s a curious mixture of stubbornness and servility.
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