Subjection is the state of being under someone else's power and having to obey — or the act of putting someone into that state. It is a heavy, formal word, and it belongs to history books, politics, law, and serious writing about power: a country held in subjection by an empire, women's subjection under old laws, a people's long subjection to a ruling family.

Subjection is the state of being under someone else's power and having to obeysubjection是指處在別人的權力之下、必須服從的狀態 or the act of putting someone into that state或是把某人置於這種狀態的行為 It is a heavy, formal word這是個沉重、正式的詞 and it belongs to history books, politics, law, and serious writing about power常出現在歷史書、政治、法律，以及談論權力的正經文章裡 a country held in subjection by an empire, women's subjection under old laws, a people's long subjection to a ruling family像是一個被帝國統治壓制的國家、舊法律下女性的受制地位，或是一個民族長期臣服於統治家族

Nobody uses it about small things; you would never say a child is in subjection to their teacher. The usual patterns are 'the subjection of X (to Y)' and 'in subjection to'.

Nobody uses it about small things沒有人會拿它形容小事情 you would never say a child is in subjection to their teacher你絕對不會說一個小孩in subjection to他的老師 The usual patterns are常見的句型是 'the subjection of X (to Y)' and 'in subjection to'『the subjection of X (to Y)』和『in subjection to』

There is a second, much drier use that trips people up: 'subjection to' can also mean simply being made to undergo something, with no ruler involved at all — 'subjection to extreme heat', 'subjection to repeated testing'. That comes from the other meaning of the verb 'subject' ('to subject something to heat').

There is a second, much drier use that trips people up還有第二種、比較平淡卻容易讓人搞混的用法 'subjection to' can also mean simply being made to undergo something『subjection to』也可以單純指被迫承受某件事 with no ruler involved at all完全沒有統治者牽涉在內 'subjection to extreme heat', 'subjection to repeated testing'像『subjection to extreme heat』（承受極端高溫）、『subjection to repeated testing』（接受反覆測試） That comes from the other meaning of the verb 'subject'這來自動詞『subject』的另一個意思 ('to subject something to heat')（『to subject something to heat』讓某物承受高溫）

So the same word covers political domination and laboratory procedure, and only the sentence around it tells you which. Compare 'subjugation', which is the stronger, more violent word — conquering by force — while 'subjection' can describe a settled, quiet, long-lasting condition of being ruled.

So the same word covers political domination and laboratory procedure所以同一個字同時涵蓋政治上的支配和實驗室裡的程序 and only the sentence around it tells you which只有靠前後文才能判斷是哪一種 Compare 'subjugation', which is the stronger, more violent word拿『subjugation』來比較，這個字比較強烈、比較暴力 conquering by force指的是用武力征服 while 'subjection' can describe a settled, quiet, long-lasting condition of being ruled而『subjection』則可以形容一種已經穩定下來、平靜、長期被統治的狀態