acquiescing
present participle ofacquiesce
| 单词 | acquiescing |
| 释义 | acquiescing present participle ofacquiesce acquiesce verb[I] formaluk/ˌæk.wiˈes/us/ˌæk.wiˈes/toacceptoragreeto something, oftenunwillingly: Reluctantly, he acquiescedto/intheplans. Synonym assentformal to say yes to a suggestion or idea
Accepting & agreeing reluctantly
Examplesofacquiescingacquiescing In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Or at least that will be so if our reason foracquiescingin the regulatory regime is precisely that the regulations have this effect. From theCambridge English Corpus They sometimes found themselvesacquiescingin strikes or even leading them. From theCambridge English Corpus Byacquiescingin the deliberate forgetfulness of museum curators, it risks obscuring questions of major importance to the evolution of museums. From theCambridge English Corpus A chooses between challenging andacquiescing. From theCambridge English Corpus The government is more likely to respect rights when the cost of challenging alone unsuccessfully is close to the cost ofacquiescingto a transgression on rights. From theCambridge English Corpus In other words, the likelihood that boundedly rational actors will misperceive payoff levels is greatest when the payoffs for challenging together andacquiescingto transgression are in their middle regions. From theCambridge English Corpus We need to know that, because we areacquiescingin something without knowing all the ground rules. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The unilateral action consisted of our not paying the money and theiracquiescingin that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He might do that in acknowledgment and as a return for generallyacquiescingin a naval policy for a period of years. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I understand the feeling that was expressed earlier about whether there was a dilemma for officers perhapsacquiescingin their own demise in individual situations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is futile to hope for a quiet life by, in effect,acquiescingin a ban on inconvenient outside speakers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 About this business ofacquiescingin what everybody thought the law was, that one really will not do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So, by renewing the sanctions oracquiescingin their renewal. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That does not mean sitting idly and silently by,acquiescingin the intolerable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 European governments are not responding, and are thusacquiescingin the violation of the agreement that they themselves adopted. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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