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单词 complaisant
释义
complaisant
adjective
formal
uk
/kəmˈpleɪ.zənt/us
/kəmˈpleɪ.sənt/
willingtosatisfyothersby beingpoliteandfittingin withtheirplans:
殷勤的；顺从的
Shecarriedonpassionateloveaffairswith theconsentof her complaisanthusband.她得到顺从的丈夫的同意，继续着热烈的婚外情。
Hiscommentwentunchallengedby the complaisant Morgan.他的评论并没有受到一贯顺从的摩根的质疑。
Synonyms
accommodating
acquiescentformal
amenable
compliantformal
docile
malleable
obedient
pliant(PERSON)
See
complaisance
More examples
  • Hecursedhimselfinwardlyfor having been so complaisant for solong.
  • Hespentthe nexthoursetting up analibiwith two complaisantfriends.
  • We needsolutionswhich willkeepeveryonehappyand complaisant.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Obedient and compliant
  • accordance
  • acquiescent
  • adherence
  • be (like) sheepidiom
  • creature
  • dutifully
  • easy
  • follower
  • I'm easyidiom
  • obedience
  • obedient
  • pursuant
  • sheeple
  • slavish
  • slavishly
  • someone'sanswer tosomeone/somethingidiom
  • subservience
  • subservient
  • tie
  • yielding
See more results »
(Definition ofcomplaisantfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplaisant

complaisant
Gentlemen became subject to the ideals of politeness, in which men were expected to control their emotions and be generous andcomplaisanttowards those with whom they interacted.
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Analytically, the book explores the ways in which multinational oil corporations, local agro-exporting interests and acomplaisantstate seek to establish forms of neoliberal government in a third-world country.
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We appeared to be docile, tame, subservient,complaisantand non-protesting against that line of conduct.
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In the past, fire authorities may have been over-complacent—andcomplaisant—in conniving with that, and we must address the issue.
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Should we show ourselvescomplaisantin our own destruction, we shall earn that destruction.
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For married women with young children, birth control and planning their families is essential, as well as acomplaisanthusband—and this is a really great help.
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But it would help to check the sort of deception where a grossly excessive price is recommended by acomplaisantsupplier to just one or a few retailers.
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We have become much toocomplaisant.
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By 1989, citizens who had beencomplaisantwere willing to openly express their discontent with the regime.
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Lodovico is a ridiculouslycomplaisanthusband.
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A rival name, graceful spiny-rat, is no better justified; "gratiosus" specifically means either enjoying favour, favoured, beloved, or showing favour,complaisanta favourite, or at best gracious, not graceful.
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