1. 下级;下属;部属
    If someone is your subordinate, they have a less important position than you in the organization that you both work for.

subordinate

    e.g. Haig tended not to seek guidance from subordinates...
           黑格不愿向下属请教。
    e.g. Nearly all her subordinates adored her.
           几乎所有的下属都崇拜她。

2. 隶属的;从属的;下级的
    Someone who is subordinate to you has a less important position than you and has to obey you.

    e.g. Sixty of his subordinate officers followed his example...
           他的60个下级官员都以他为榜样。
    e.g. Women were regarded as subordinate to free men.
           过去女人被认为是从属于自由民的。

3. 次要的;其次的
    Something that is subordinate to something else is less important than the other thing.

    e.g. It was an art in which words were subordinate to images.
           这是一种形象胜于语言的艺术。

4. 把…置于次要地位;看轻
    If you subordinate something to another thing, you regard it or treat it as less important than the other thing.

    e.g. He was both willing and able to subordinate all else to this aim.
           为了这个目标他愿意并能够把其他一切都放在次要的位置。