1660s, "subservient, subordinate," from Latin ancillaris "relating to maidservants," from ancilla "handmaid," fem. diminutive of anculus "servant," literally "he who bustles about," from root of ambi- "about" (see ambi-) + PIE *kwol-o-, from root *kwel- (1) "move round, turn about, be much about" (see cycle (n.)).
双语例句
1. Scientific development meant the growth of numerous professions ancillary to medicine.
科技发展意味着许多医学衍生职业的增长。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Ancillary charges are at least $30 per day.
附加收费每天至少30美元。
来自柯林斯例句
3. The transport corps is ancillary to the infantry.
运输队是步兵的辅助部队.
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4. Does it provide ancillary information , or is it the main attraction itself?
它是提供辅助信息的, 还是本身只是一个吸引人的摆设?
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5. The ancillary systems of plasma ignition are also involved in this paper.