adj .
lower in importance, position, or rank ; secondary 중요도, 지위, 등급 등에 있어 하위인 ; 부수적인

• My desire to sit on the couch and watch television all night was subordinate to my desire to stand in the kitchen eating junk food all night long, so I did the latter instead of the former.
• A vice president is subordinate to a president.
  부통령은 대통령의 하급자이다.
• Subordinate can also be a verb. To subordinate something in relation to something else is to make it secondary or less important.
• To be insubordinate is not to acknowledge the authority of a superior. An army private who says "Bug off!" when ordered to do something by a general is guilty of being insubordinate or of committing an act of insubordination.