单词 | complaisance |
释义 | complaisanceWord family nouncomplaisanceadjectivecomplaisantadverbcomplaisantly com·plai·sance /kəmˈpleɪzəns/ noun [uncountableU] formal WILLINGwillingness to do what pleases other people 讨好,殷勤 —complaisant adjectiveadj —complaisantly adverbadv Examples from the Corpus complaisance• If consensus breeds academic complaisance, chaos does the opposite.• There was a sort of uneasy complaisance in their relationship now. (1600-1700) French complaire “to do what someone wants”, from Latin complacere; → COMPLACENT |
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