"to be subject to" = 易受
“to be subjected to" = 被某人(或者某物)使易受
to subject someone to.. = 使人易受
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subJECT = 動詞 (subJECTed - 過去分詞/past participle)
SUBject = 名詞
to be subject to (讀"SUB-ject", 名詞) - 易受__ - If you continue in this way, you will be “subject to dismissal”.
to subject someone to (讀"SUB-ject", 動詞) ... 使某人(或某物)經受(或遭受,等)
subject原來有『臣』的意思. "to be subject to " a situation means you have no control over it, and you must endure it.
to 'subject' (subJECT) someone means to make them into a subject (SUBject) of a situation they cannot control, or do not like.
'to be subjected to' implies that something else caused them to be a subject to the situation.