A clerk in a business occupies a subordinate position to that of the owner.

职员在一个事业中占有的位置低于老板。

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He is holding a subordinate position in the company and expects to be promoted soon.

他在公司处于下等职位，希望不久会得到提升。

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Men, on the other hand, are concerned with what an apology might do: it might lower them to a subordinate position.

而男人另一方面，更关心道歉能带来什么：可能会将他们降低到从属地位。

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He allows her in church, as well as State, but a subordinate position, claiming Apostolic authority for her exclusion from the ministry, and, with some exceptions, from any public participation in the affairs of the Church.

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Mr. Obama gets to put her in a subordinate position while appearing to be magnanimous, and her seat in the U.S. Senate will likely be filled by a more malleable Democrat who won't be plotting from day one to get to the White House.

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