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单词 acquiesce
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acquiesce

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishacquiesceac‧qui‧esce /ˌækwiˈes/ verb [intransitive]  formalAGREE to do what someone else wants, or allow something to happen, even though you do not really agree with itacquiesce in/to Oil companies have been accused of acquiescing in the pollution of the ocean.→ See Verb tableExamples from the CorpusacquiesceThe Court, in a unanimous opinion by Chief Justice Chase, acquiesced.The other ashram women followed her in acquiescing.Instead, I acquiesced in her authority and I quietly did as I was told.Before 1979 the Conservative party had effectively acquiesced in most of the public ownership measures of earlier Labour governments.The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple.We imagine that the white race, at least, would not acquiesce in this assumption.Sound-particularly music-comes to stand for a regional refusal to acquiesce to imperial or metropolitan power.acquiesce in/toTom acquiesced to all her suggestions, though he never expected to see her again once they got off the ship.Then the Air Force could hardly acquiesce to an honorable discharge.Instead, I acquiesced in her authority and I quietly did as I was told.Sound-particularly music-comes to stand for a regional refusal to acquiesce to imperial or metropolitan power.At some point she had acquiesced to the fact that I was taking Janir away.By now he was convinced that it had merely acquiesced in the frame-up after his arrest.This is a dead draw, but Karpov flogged a very dead horse until move 86 before acquiescing in the inevitable.The Maccabees fought rather than acquiesce in the placing of a statue of Zeus in the Temple.City officials eventually acquiesced to the protesters' demands.Origin acquiesce (1600-1700) French acquiescer, from Latin acquiescere, from ad- to + quiescere to be quiet
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