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单词 deferential
释义
deferential
adjective
uk
/ˌdef.əˈren.ʃəl/us
/ˌdef.əˈren.ʃəl/
politeandshowingrespect:
尊重的，尊敬的，恭敬的
She is alwaysextremelydeferentialtowardsanyone inauthority.她对权威人士总是毕恭毕敬。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Showing respect and admiration
  • admiration
  • admire
  • admiring
  • admiringly
  • approvingly
  • fulsomely
  • fulsomeness
  • glorify
  • hallow
  • hero worship
  • homage
  • honour
  • payyourrespectsidiom
  • respectful
  • respectfully
  • retire
  • retire a numberidiom
  • revere
  • reverence
  • reverent
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(Definition ofdeferentialfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdeferential

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Metasemantically, "law" behaves much like simple artifact terms such as "chair" and "hammer," which are not linguisticallydeferential.
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Their approaches to these senior figures were invariably polite anddeferential, at least initially.
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Deferentialconventions introduce a subtlety and richness into the theory of statutory application that at times mimics applied semantic realism.
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Social salience theory does not, at least in the simplest case, when there are nodeferentialconventions for statutes.
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It may seem as if statutory application in familiar, mature legal systems uses manydeferentialconventions.
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By enacting the subservient role with the requireddeferentialmanners they could to an extent assert their interests.
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Additionally, nurses adopted adeferentialposition to family members.
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But ' honorific titles ' denoting age, which might be derogatory ordeferentialmight be applied to women anywhere between 34 and 80.
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As we have seen, not all linguists would be so cautious anddeferential.
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Many in the working class, in particular, tended to bedeferentialtowards authority figures and those in superior class positions.
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It is also clear that regardless of the goals and expectations of the authorities, the poor were not always obedient anddeferential.
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It included three subscales, frightening behavior, dissociated behavior, and frightened/deferentialbehavior, as well as a summary score for disorganizing behavior.
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As mentioned above, nouns such as "chair" are not linguisticallydeferential.
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Sometimes, what the coordinating cooperative activity produces is adeferentialconvention.
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At the end of the day, it is not simply the fact that experts possess knowledge-practical or theoretical-that explains why some terms are linguisticallydeferential.
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