complaisance

英 [kəm'pleɪzəns] 美[kəm'plezns]
  • n. 殷勤;彬彬有礼;柔顺
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英英释义


1. a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others

实用场景例句


She speaks with complaisance.
她说话彬彬有礼.

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双语例句


1. She speaks with complaisance.
她说话彬彬有礼.

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2. Gao Xingjian's writing is free of any kind of complaisance , even to good will.
他无意当一个救世主.

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英文词源


complaisance (n.)
1650s, from French complaisance (14c.), in Middle French "care or desire to please," from Medieval Latin complacentia (see complacence).

词态变化


形容词: complaisant;