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- subsidiary [səb'sɪdɪərɪ]
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1.
adj
serving to aid or supplement; auxiliary
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2.
adj
of lesser importance; subordinate in function
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3.
n
a person who or thing that is subsidiary
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4.
n
short for subsidiary company
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5.
n
[Etymology]
C16: from Latin subsidi
a rius supporting, from subsidiumsubsidy
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1.
adj
serving to aid or supplement; auxiliary
Examples
- 补充条款
- subsidiary; supplementary terms → 补充
- 自力更生为主，争取外援为辅
- rely mainly on one's own efforts while making external assistance subsidiary → 辅
- 硬辅币
- subsidiary coin; minor coin → 辅币
- 附属机构
- subsidiary body → 附属
- 副业生产
- sideline (or supplementary, subsidiary) production → 副业
- 次强拍
- subsidiary strong beat → 强拍
- 以自力更生为主，外援为辅
- rely mainly on one's own efforts while making external assistance subsidiary → 为主
- 一到年底, 总公司要查核各分公司的帐目情况。
- The parent company would audit the accounts of every subsidiary at the end of each year. → 查核
- 我打算辅修新闻学。
- I plan to study journalism as a subsidiary course. → 辅修
- 副业
- subsidiary business → 副
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