If something is subsidiary, it is less important than something else with which it is connected.
The marketing department has always played a subsidiary role to the sales department.
市场推广部一直都扮演着销售部的辅助角色。
This character may be pushed into a subsidiary position or even abandoned altogether.
这个人物也许会被变成一个配角,或者甚至可能被完全弃用。
subsidiaries
A subsidiary or a subsidiary company is a company which is part of a larger and more important company.
WM Financial Services is a subsidiary of Washington Mutual.
华盛顿互惠银行金融服务公司是华盛顿互惠银行的子公司。
It's one of ten companies that are subsidiaries of Cossack Holdings.
它是哥萨克控股公司的十个子公司之一。