| 单词 | compliment |
| 释义 | compliment Word forms: compliments, complimenting , complimented pronunciation note: The verb is pronounced (kɒmplɪment ). The noun is pronounced (kɒmplɪmənt ). 1. countable noun A compliment is a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done. He has never paid me a compliment. I try to graciously accept both compliments and criticism. 2. verb If you compliment someone, you pay them a compliment. They complimented me on the way I looked each time they saw me. [VERB noun + on] Firstly I compliment you on most of your excellent Spring issue of 'Triangle'. [VERB noun on noun] Synonyms: praise, flatter, salute, congratulate 3. countable noun If you consider something that a person says or does as a compliment, it convinces you of your own good qualities, or that the person appreciates you. We consider it a compliment to be called 'conservative'. It's obvious he's worried about us and I'm taking it as a compliment. 4. plural noun [usually poss NOUN] You can refer to your compliments when you want to express thanks, good wishes, or respect to someone in a formal way. [politeness] My compliments to the chef. [+ to] Our compliments to all involved. 5. return the compliment phrase If you say that someone returns the compliment, you mean that they do the same thing to someone else as that person has done to them. They entertained us splendidly and it's time we returned the compliment. 6. with sb's compliments phrase If you say that you are giving someone something with your compliments, you are saying in a polite and fairly formal way that you are giving it to them, especially as a gift or a favour. [politeness] Please give this to your boss with my compliments. On my bedside table awaited, with the compliments of the management, an appetizing breakfast. Collocations: give a compliment Fine if he was also funny and charming, but the man has the comic timing of an earthquake and can barely give a compliment that isn't back-handed. The Sun He can't give a compliment without wincing; she can't receive one without a shudder. Times, Sunday Times I was just being my usual joyful self, giving a compliment. Times, Sunday Times I came into the dressing room at half-time, gave my compliments to the players and was so happy. Times, Sunday Times The charity also found that 34 per cent of people had been given a compliment and 10 per cent had received an offer to pay for their food or drink. Times, Sunday Times A great compliment was paid to me about four months later. Christianity Today As they came closer to our goal we defended well and it was a great compliment to get this result. The Sun It's a great compliment that people say we've a calm way of playing. The Sun I take it as a great compliment. The Sun It was a great compliment to me. Times, Sunday Times To be mentioned in the same breath as him must be some sort of high compliment. The Sun High compliments indeed, when at his birth in 1866 the title archaeologist didn't even exist! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He's a man's man was one of his highest compliments and fit him perfectly. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Knee highs compliment those who are shorter, with a shorter hemline to expose more leg, accentuating the height. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 That's the highest compliment someone could receive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Hearing him sing the verse for the first time in the studio was very special and a huge compliment. The Sun It's a huge compliment, he's such a pin-up. The Sun It's such a huge compliment when someone recognises you know what you're talking about. The Sun It was a carefully worded but huge compliment. Times, Sunday Times It's a huge compliment, in a way. Times, Sunday Times I took that as a really nice compliment. The Sun It's a nice compliment, though. The Sun It will take time to get everything right, but we have had a lot of nice compliments. Times, Sunday Times As a whole, director got nice compliments for his directorial debut. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She says the old romantic often gives her flowers and pays her compliments. The Sun We are paid the compliment of being presumed to know what the poet knows. The Times Literary Supplement Of those watching from land, he observed, 'few ... failed of paying their compliments to me, by all manner of jests and insults'. The Times Literary Supplement The guide also suggests 'a gift a day' in the form of a kind gesture, such as paying a compliment or making a cup of tea. Times, Sunday Times On being paid a compliment on his tie, one of them smiles, boasting it cost him 1,000. Times, Sunday Times When you receive a compliment from him, you know you have deserved it. Times, Sunday Times Meanwhile, nearly half of us do not receive a compliment in an average week, despite nearly two in five feeling that a single positive comment would make us smile. Times, Sunday Times Who doesn't like to receive a compliment? Times, Sunday Times If she stayed for the after-party last night, perhaps she will have been able to receive his compliments in private. Times, Sunday Times He receives all compliments on his new record - a terrific, head-spinning piece of work that has taken him a year to complete - with polite thanks. Times, Sunday Times We've learned the lesson so well we can't even take a compliment any more. Christianity Today Don't take that compliment away, though. The Sun He can't take a compliment. Times, Sunday Times He won't just take the compliment. Times, Sunday Times But when it was put to him that he should be considered a strong contender this week because of his ball-striking, he refused to take the compliment. Times, Sunday Times They pay the listener the ultimate compliment: they make music that assumes that you can pay attention for more than a few seconds. Times, Sunday Times She has been paid the ultimate compliment and had a product named after her. The Sun When somebody mistakes you for a character you've played, that's the ultimate compliment. Times, Sunday Times It may be the ultimate compliment to the creator. Times, Sunday Times Then she gives a beatific smile, and whispers her ultimate compliment. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 称赞, 称赞 Japanese: ほめことば, ほめる |
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