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单词 acquiesce
释义
acquiesce
verb[I]
formal
uk
/ˌæk.wiˈes/us
/ˌæk.wiˈes/
toacceptoragreeto something, oftenunwillingly:
默认；默许；默然同意
Reluctantly, he acquiescedto/intheplans.虽然很不情愿，他还是默许了这个计划。
Synonym
assentformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
to say yes to a suggestion or idea
  • agreeI suggested they seek legal counsel and they agreed.
  • acceptI have no choice but to accept the ruling of the court.
  • acquiesceThe police acquiesced to the rebels' demands.
  • assentBy signing, you assent to the terms of the contract.
  • consentI consent to a search of my vehicle.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
  • accede tosomething
  • acceptance
  • acquiescence
  • be resigned tosomethingidiom
  • bend tosomething
  • bow down tosomeone
  • cave in
  • concede
  • crack
  • peace
  • philosophical
  • resignyourselftosomething
  • resignation
  • resigned
  • resignedly
  • resort tosomething
  • settle forsomething
  • shoulder
  • tolerate
  • tradesomethingoff
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(Definition ofacquiescefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

acquiesce| American Dictionary

acquiesce
verb[I]
us
/ˌæk·wiˈes/
toacceptoragreeto something, often without reallywantingto:
Thebankacquiesced to anextensionof theloan.

acquiescence

noun[U]us
/ˌæk·wiˈes·əns/
His acquiescence in thesepolicieshas made itpossiblefor him toincreasehissupportamong somevoters.
(Definition ofacquiescefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofacquiesce

acquiesce
However, it is better toacquiesceand live under submission than to endure the cost of challenging alone.
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It becomes easier toacquiescethan to risk appearing unprofessional with your publisher or readers, especially in a business when the deadline was yesterday.
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Where authority is legitimate, it is both a simple duty and a natural inclination toacquiescein it.
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Before 'premature transnationalism' developed fully into its mature phase as liberal internationalism, transanationalism had again mutated so as toacquiesceto the imperial order.
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Or at least that will be so if our reason for acquiescing in the regulatory regime is precisely that the regulations have this effect.
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Instead, it acquiesced in judicial reformist activity until legislation on the subject began in the 1920s.
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On the other hand, if studentsacquiesceto the charade, they are cooperating with dishonesty and undermining one of medicine's pivotal values.
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Or at least that will be so if weacquiescein this sort of representation, because of how it serves our preferences.
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These employers found it more rational to battle the machinists' union than toacquiesceto it.
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Though they fought long and hard against segregated churches and parishes, they eventually acquiesced in order to have access to better schooling.
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The opponents of the new system had the option of refusing toacquiesceen masse.
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Toacquiesceto such erosion of professional raison d'etre would seem to be evidence more of inertia than rationality.
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None of these changes was necessarily congenial to the commander-in-chief, for all that he acquiesced in, and even implemented, them.
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Recall that in weak consensus there is a target group that acquiesces (despite lack of concurrence) to the consensus of an elite subgroup.
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Planters eventually acquiesced because they maintained control over crucial productive decisions : cotton is what they wanted, and cotton is what the sharecroppers grew.
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