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A company that is owned or controlled by a bigger company — the big company is called the 'parent company,' and the subsidiary runs somewhat on its own but ultimately answers to it. As an adjective, 'subsidiary' can also just mean less important, secondary to the main thing.
子公司（名詞）；次要的、附屬的（形容詞）
組成From Latin "subsidium," meaning support or help, from "sub-" (under) + "sedere" (to sit). The original idea was troops sitting "in reserve," ready to help.
同家族的字
- subsidyshares the Latin root 'subsidium,' meaning support — a subsidy is money given to support something
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
subsidiaryadj/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
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Auxiliary or supplemental.
- chief ruler and principal head everywhere, not suffragant and subsidiary
- They constituted a useful subsidiary testimony of another state of existence.
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Secondary or subordinate.
- a subsidiary stream
- By one o'clock the place was choc-a-bloc. […] The restaurant was packed, and the promenade between the two main courts and the subsidiary courts was thronged with healthy-looking youngish people, drawn to the Mecca of tennis from all parts of the country.
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Of or relating to a subsidy.
- subsidiary payments to an ally
- George the Second relied on his subsidiary treaties.
subsidiarynoun/sʌbˈsɪ.di.əɹ.i/
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A company owned by a parent company or a holding company, also called daughter company or sister company.
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entertainmentlifestylemusicA subordinate theme.
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One who aids or supplies; an assistant.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。