单词 | complaisance |
释义 | complaisance From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcomplaisancecom‧plai‧sance /kəmˈpleɪzəns/ noun [uncountable] formalWILLINGwillingness to do what pleases other people —complaisant adjective —complaisantly adverbExamples from the Corpuscomplaisance• If consensus breeds academic complaisance, chaos does the opposite.• There was a sort of uneasy complaisance in their relationship now.Origin complaisance (1600-1700) French complaire “to do what someone wants”, from Latin complacere; → COMPLACENT |
随便看 |
|
英语词典包含170365条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。