| 单词 | complaisance |
| 释义 | complaisance noun[U] formaluk/kəmˈpleɪ.zəns/us/kəmˈpleɪ.səns/willingnesstopleaseothersby beingpoliteandfittingin withtheirplans 殷勤；顺从Obedient and compliant
Examplesofcomplaisancecomplaisance In this definition,complaisanceis fundamentally a political skill, capable of application to either national or domestic challenges. From theCambridge English Corpus Complaisance, with its resources of strategic reticence, is here the monopoly of the male gallant. From theCambridge English Corpus The advocates of the civil virtues ofcomplaisancetend to presume 'a threatening world in which considerable skill is needed to avoid giving offense'. From theCambridge English Corpus The erstwhile apprentice thus demonstrates that he too has mastered the arts ofcomplaisance. From theCambridge English Corpus Complaisanceis, after all, an art precisely designed to assure others of 'your good behaviour', while you pursue your own agenda which may even be antagonistic to theirs. From theCambridge English Corpus But the twenty-one years service of the secretary who had established that circle in the first place was in itself a reason for the authorities to continue theircomplaisance. From theCambridge English Corpus Sherman's two prior drug convictions did not prove the readycomplaisancethe government claimed he demonstrated, since only one was for dealing and that was nine years old. From Wikipedia  This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.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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