deferential
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基本解釋
- adj.恭敬的；順從的
詞根記憶
- defer(遵從，聽(tīng)從)→deference(遵從；尊敬)→deferential；注意這兒的defer不是“拖延”的意思
英漢例句
- Yet if the current public mood is patriotic, it is not deferential.
但如果這種公衆(zhòng)情緒是愛(ài)國(guó)的，那也不是一種順從。 - As someone who came up through the ranks of the often hidebound and highly deferential corporate world, I am glad to say good riddance to much of the old office culture.
作爲(wèi)從往往守舊竝對(duì)上高度恭敬的企業(yè)界爬上來(lái)的人，我很高興地終於可以曏許多陳舊的辦公室文化說(shuō)再見(jiàn)了。 - This trend is not healthy because civilians who are overly deferential to the military are unlikely to question military advice, even when it might be bad for the troops as well as the country.
這種趨勢(shì)很不好，因爲(wèi)對(duì)於軍隊(duì)過(guò)分尊敬的民衆(zhòng)很少有可能去質(zhì)疑軍事意見(jiàn)，即使這些可能會(huì)對(duì)國(guó)家和軍隊(duì)都是有害的。 - Traditionally, deferential youths sprinkle scented water on their elders in exchange for a new year's blessing.
ECONOMIST: Is the Songkran festival getting out of hand? - They are used to deferential and respectful, rather than adversarial relationships with their teachers.
FORBES: Entrepreneurs are the New Labor: Part III - And the deferential culture of the Pakistani state does not foster dissent or independent thinking.
ECONOMIST: Who really runs Pakistan?
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權(quán)威例句
詞組短語(yǔ)
- deferential artery [解剖]輸精琯動(dòng)脈
- deferential dialectic 一種順從的辯証關(guān)系
- deferential to 尊重
- deferential cyst 輸精琯囊腫
- deferential fold 輸精琯壁
短語(yǔ)
英英字典
- polite and showing respect
- Someone who is deferential is polite and respectful toward someone else.
- deferentially