(of a person)ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants
(人)默许的,默从的。
"early 17th cent.: from Latin
adj. 默许的;默从的
His acquiescent nature made him suffer.
他逆来顺受的个性让他自己吃尽了苦头。
The leader made an acquiescent gesture.
领导做了一个默许的手势。
Everyone regards him as an acquiescent fool.
所有人都把他当成是一个听话的傻瓜。
Perhaps you are too acquiescent.
或许你太过顺从了。
What happened to him? I mean why he all of a sudden becomes so humble and acquiescent?
他发生了什么?我意思是,为何他突然间变得如此谦卑和默默顺从?
'Yes, there's a son gone,' said the acquiescent Carker.
“是的,儿子已经去世了,”勉强顺从的卡克说道。
My brother is of the acquiescent rather than the militant type.
我弟弟是属于服从型的而不是好斗型的。
But when children are at stake we have to rise above that acquiescent mood.
可是当孩子的安全受到威胁时,我们便不应抱着迁就的态度。
词根 acquiesce
acquiescence n. 默许;默从
acquiesce vi. 默许;勉强同意
(of a person)ready to accept something without protest, or to do what someone else wants
(人)默许的,默从的。
"early 17th cent.: from Latin