1ADJ-GRADED 刻板模仿的;毫无创意的;照搬的 You use slavish to describe things that copy or imitate something exactly, without any attempt to be original. 刻板模仿的;毫无创意的;照搬的 [disapproval]
She herself insists she is no slavish follower of fashion.
她坚称自己绝不会一味地追随时尚。
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Most have slavishly copied the design of IBM's big mainframe machines.
大多数公司都一味模仿IBM公司大型主机的设计。
When a political columnist describes a cabinet minister in slavishly adoring terms, shouldn't we be told whether the two are pals?
当一名政治专栏作家用大肆吹捧的语言描写某位内阁部长时,难道不该让我们知道这两个人是不是老相识吗?
2ADJ-GRADED 奴性十足的;俯首帖耳的 If you describe someone as slavish, you are critical of the fact that they behave like a slave, for example by always doing what another person wants. 奴性十足的;俯首帖耳的 [disapproval]
Total devotion it certainly was, slavish devotion some would say.