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slavishly

/sley-vish/US // ˈsleɪ vɪʃ //UK // (ˈsleɪvɪʃ) //

盲目地,忠实地,盲目,盲目的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of or befitting a slave: slavish subjection.
    • : being or resembling a slave; abjectly submissive: He was slavish in his obedience.
    • : base; mean; ignoble: slavish fears.
    • : deliberately imitative; lacking originality: a slavish reproduction.

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Examples

  • Onstage, this slavish adherence to traditional format is surely part of the show’s charm, another function of its lovingly self-mocking tone.

  • K-pop slavishly copies from the boy-band/girl-band model that began in the US 20 years ago and crossed-over to Japan.

  • He may want to emulate, sometimes almost slavishly, the late President François Mitterrand, his political godfather.

  • And for much of the early part of the 20th century, Americans were slavishly following French cooking.

  • The Alaskan continues her unmatched mastery of the press—getting them to slavishly follow her Tour to Nowhere.

  • Ten shillings and Jaffery's peremptory order to stick to his side and obey him slavishly took the place of intellectual workings.

  • When Yeobright was not with Eustacia he was sitting slavishly over his books; when he was not reading he was meeting her.

  • Nevertheless, I do not believe any sculptor should slavishly adhere to the canons of form laid down by the tailor.

  • Herrera did not publish his results, which are slavishly chronological in their method, till half a century later (1601-15).

  • But this old rule is by no means slavishly followed in polite society in this country.