sub·ser·vi·ence /səbˈsɝviən(t)s/
裨益;有用;奉承
Sub·serv·i·ence Sub·serv·i·en·cy n. The quality or state of being subservient; instrumental fitness or use; hence, willingness to serve another's purposes; in a derogatory sense, servility.
The body wherein appears much fitness, use, and subserviency to infinite functions. --Bentley.
There is a regular subordination and subserviency among all the parts to beneficial ends. --Cheyne.
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subservience
n 1: the condition of being something that is useful in reaching
an end or carrying out a plan; "all his actions were in
subservience to the general plan"
2: in a subservient state [syn: subservientness]
3: abject or cringing submissiveness [syn: obsequiousness, servility]