too willing to accept somebody else’s authority and willing to obey them without questioning anything they want you to do 唯命是从的；顺从的；驯服的；听话的 He expected his daughters to be meek and submissive. 他期望女儿都温顺听话。 🔊🔊 She followed him like a submissive child. 她像个听话的孩子一样跟着他。 🔊🔊
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from submission, on the pattern of pairs such as remission, remissive.