submissiveness
順從;恭謹
Sub·mis·sive a.
1. Inclined or ready to submit; acknowledging one's inferiority; yielding; obedient; humble.
Not at his feet submissive in distress,
Creature so fair his reconcilement seeking. --Milton.
2. Showing a readiness to submit; expressing submission; as, a submissive demeanor.
With a submissive step I hasted down. --Prior.
Syn: -- Obedient; compliant; yielding; obsequious; subservient; humble; modest; passive.
-- Sub*mis*sive*ly, adv. -- Sub*mis*sive*ness, n.
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submissiveness
n : the trait of being willing to yield to the will of another
person or a superior force etc.