单词 | compliment |
释义 | compliment¹ 1.(by saying something)赞美;恭维;祝贺 They complimented my cooking.他们对我的厨艺大加赞美。 to compliment sb on sth因某事赞美某人 People often compliment me on how good I look for my age.人们常夸我在这个年纪看起来还是很漂亮。 They complimented me on my French.他们夸我法语好。 to compliment sb for doing sth赞美某人做某事 She is to be complimented for handling the situation so well.她将因出色处理此事而受到表扬。 2.(by doing something)向…送礼以表敬意 to compliment sb with sth用某物向某人表达敬意 Jackson complimented her with a huge bouquet.杰克逊送给她一大束花以示问候。 to compliment sb by doing sth做某事以向某人表达敬意 They are complimenting him by paying more attention to him.他们更加关注他以示敬意。 compliment²赞美(话);恭维(话) She blushed, but accepted the compliment with good grace.她羞红了脸, 但对人们的恭维还是欣然接纳。 We consider it a compliment to be called 'conservative'.我们认为被称作“保守”是一种赞美。 to pay sb a compliment赞美某人;对某人表示赞赏 You can do no harm by paying a woman compliments.恭维女士几句没有任何坏处。 to return the compliment回报恩惠;答谢 The actors have entertained us so splendidly during this weekend, I think it's time we returned the compliment.这些演员使我们度过了一个愉快的周末, 我觉得我们该答谢他们了。 |
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