subsidiary

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n. 子公司, 附件, 辅助者 a. 辅助的, 次要的, 津贴的

发音

其它 /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
US /sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/

词形变化

subsidiaries 复数 subsidiaries more subsidiary 比较级 most subsidiary 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.

  2. 2.

    A subordinate theme.

    音乐
  3. 3.

    One who aids or supplies; an assistant.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Auxiliary or supplemental.

    They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.

  2. 2.

    Secondary or subordinate.

    a subsidiary stream

  3. 3.

    Of or relating to a subsidy.

    subsidiary payments to an ally

    George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

subordinate underling footsoldier

上位词 5

help company assistant helper supporter

下位词 6

man associate cog bottom dog second banana second fiddle
形容词

同义词 3

auxiliary supplemental supplementary

近义相关 1

secondary

相关短语

subsidiary legislation [法] 辅助立法 subsidiary legislations

词源

From Middle French subsidiaire, from Latin subsidiarius (“belonging to a reserve”).

来源：wiktionary