Complaisance
[kəm'pleɪzəns] or [kəm'plezns]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
费格斯錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Civility, courtesy, politeness, urbanity, suavity, condescension, complacence, affability, good-breeding.
桃乐茜編輯
例句/造句/用法:
- She could not respect his eye, but his love and his complaisance were unexceptionable. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I had paid dear for my complaisance. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Whether it was the heart which dictated this new system of complaisance and humility adopted by our Rebecca, is to be proved by her after-history. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- She must not be left to her own complaisance. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- He is, indeed; but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance--for who would object to such a partner? 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It was probably out of complaisance to this great company, that the government agreed to render this law perpetual. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
整理:利亚