pays
to receive a service ft #; Jfj ft: subscribers to cable television^
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sub scrip tion /sab'skripjn/ noun [C, U] 1 ~ (to/for sth) an amount of money you
pay, usually once a year, to receive regular copies of a newspaper or magazine,
etc.; the act of paying this money ( XR ftj # )
iT C$
$,
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by subscription, ift f J ^ {ft iT PTaJ
d 2 (BrE) a sum of money that you
pay regularly to a charity, or to be a member of a club or to receive a
service; the act of paying this money ( )
fem#Nfc (K#W)J8ft£;&
M# ( sfeJR&& ) #)£.!$ 023 donation : a monthly
subscription to Oxfam ^Min3 the act of people paying money for sth
to be done H fa ft &J; M A statue in his memory
was erected by public
subscription. ft A fi. j£ © — £2 $ it $1 Jit it „
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note at payment
sub'scription concert noun (BrE) any of the concerts in a
series for which the tickets are sold in advance
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sub-sec tion /‘SAbsekXn/ noun a part of a section,
especially of a legal document Al£; ( AXh&^iA# W ) Atfc, M
sub se quent /'SAbsikwant/ od/'. (formal) happening or coming
after sth else Jsftj; £?!§(&;
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confirmed
our doubts.
0 Developments on this
issue will be dealt with in a subsequent report, it® 1$ ITJ
sub-se-quent-ly /'sAbsikwantli/ adv. (formal) afterwards; later;
after sth else has happened gtJA; fiTH;
£ 70 ; XI # : The original
interview notes were subsequently lost. Hftifi^JgH J0 H7 o 0 Subsequently, new guidelines were
issued to all employees, fi® J0, 0r &tJ
subsequent to prep, (formal) after; following ft-£ /0 ; •••
£ Is : There have been
further developments
subsequent to our meeting. & He Cl #1 A J& X ^
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sub-ser-vi-ent
/sab's3:viant;
/Mm£ -'S3:rv-/ ud/. 1 - (to sb/sth) (disapproving) too willing to obey
other people 7^ Jitfj; Mftt; The press was
accused of being subservient to the government. WAXa Iff HrWIf—s &<> 2 ~ (to sth) (formal) less important than sth
else #; 3c; M. M A : The needs of individuals were subservient
to those of the group as a whole. ► subser-vi-
ence
/-ans/
noun [U]
sub-set /'SAbset/ noun (technical Ain) a smaller group of
people or things formed from the members of a larger group 5H&; 'MM; AH
sub-side /sab'said/ verb [V] 1 to become calmer or
quieter AS; M ift ft il: She waited
nervously for his anger to subside.
A
AS TAo 0 I took an aspirin and
the pain gradually
subsided, mmmmmr. 2 (of
water
7jc)
to
go back to a normal level fnJ 5; Mil; The flood waters
gradually subsided. A A ift M Ip] M „ 3 (of
land
or a building iik ffi iiJc ll #J) to sink to a lower level; to sink lower into
the ground Rift; Mil#; TPft: Weak foundations caused the house to
subside,
ft A itfc S A£, ^A^IXI'fl
subsidence /sab'saidns; 'sAbsidns/ noun [u] the process by which an
area of land sinks to a lower level than normal, or by which a building sinks
into the ground ( ) Rift, iftpft APS
sub sidiarity /sab.sidi’aeriti;
.SAbsidi-; NAmE -'eriti/ noun [U] the principle
that a central authority should not be very powerful, and should only control
things which cannot be controlled by local organizations %| fij
IKM'l, MAUSM'J ( iM# )
sub sid iary /sab'sidiari; NAmE-dieri/ adj., noun
is adj. 1 ~ (to sth) connected with sth but
less important
than
it $jf ffo(ft; PMXft&ft 033 additional:
subsidiary information o a subsidiary matter pft
A
|nj JH 0 (BrE)
I’m taking History as a subsidiary subject (- one that is not studied
in as great depth as a main subject). $ XE ft A ft ^ 31 & # S <, 2 (of a
business company A MJ) owned or controlled by another company PfXMGA Aflitt
noun (pi. -ies) a business company that is
owned or controlled by another larger company PMH AM]; A AM] sub sid ize (BrE also -ise) /'SAbsidaiz/ verb [VN] to give money to sb
or an organization to help pay for sth; to give a subsidy XbSA 033 fund:
The housing projects are subsidized by the government.
S 0 She’s not prepared to
subsidize his gambling any longer.
►
sub sid iza tion, -isa-tion /.SAbsidai'zeiJn; NAmE -da'z-/ noun
[U]
sub-sidy
/'SAbsadi/
noun (pi. -ies) [C, U] money that is paid by a government
or an organization to reduce the costs of services or of producing goods so
that their prices can be kept low Xb tt ; Xb fltl ft ; W :
agricultural subsidies A 4k Xb tt 0 to reduce the
level of subsidy
sub
sist /sab'sist/
verb [V] 1 ~ (on sth) to manage to stay alive,
especially with limited food or money ( AXeUW Bt 0 : Old people often
subsist
on very small incomes.
®0O 2 (formal) to exist; to be valid The
terms of the contract subsist.
sub-sist-ence
/sab'sistans/
noun [u] the state of having
just enough money or food to stay alive Many families are
living below the level of subsistence. iT 0O o to live below (the)
subsistence level <> They had no visible
means of subsistence. #, i\] A ib A W o 0 subsistence agri-
culture/farming (= growing enough only to live on, not to sell) S # P MTJ § t&fcAk 0 subsistence
crops 0 He worked a 16-hour
day for a subsist
ence wage (= enough money to buy only basic items).
16AAW, it.
sub-soil
/'SAbsail/
noun [U] the layer of soil
between the surface of the ground and the hard rock underneath it jfe±; A± — compare topsoil sub-son-ic
/.SAb'somk;
NAmE -'sa:n-/ adj. less than the speed of
sound; flying at less than the speed of sound 4F.AiSlTJ; 4kAllAXT^J
—compare
supersonic sub-stance o-w /'sAbstans/ noun 1 [C] a type of solid, liquid or
gas that has particular qualities np;
A : a
chemical/radioactive,
etc. substance it A.
tk It f-fe # M <>
banned/illegal substances (= drugs) O
a
sticky substance
— 2 [U] the quality of being
based on
facts
or the truth A ^ ® : Xti is : It was malicious
gossip, completely without substance. & ft M M. ia ig. A A '2X W A XS k?; - 0 The commission’s report gives
substance to these allegations. ^ Tr A W XIX A fl ® &
Xt
A T ^ o 0 There is some
substance in what he
says, ilk W-it A- ft—S XS U W o 3 [U] the most important
or main part of sth AA*; A lM W: Love
and guilt form the substance of his new book, ilk W fpf A A 3c ^ 1# Mi% 0 6 1 agreed with what
she said in substance, though not with every detail. )(TAM0fi#,lTj,
a m a ® n a m A b rj
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[U] (formal) importance H77I significance:
matters of substance M A [Ml M O Nothing of any
substance was achieved in the meeting. A iX '&
sub-standard
oc/y.
not as good as normal; not acceptable A AAA AAX&ER 033inferior: substandard goods
sub
stan tial O-w /sab'staenjl/ fldy.
1
large in amount, value or importance A ft 6A ft ft fT'AfTl: M Afrk H33considerable:
substantial
sums of money o a substantial change