acquiesce是什么意思,acquiesce怎么用

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acquiesce

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📰 外刊例句

Russia has so far acquiesced , but that may not last. 到目前为止,俄罗斯已经默许了,但这种情况可能不会持续下去。

—— 《经济学人》

—— 《纽约时报》


📖 基本释义

[verb] accept something reluctantly but without protest
[动词] 不情愿但不反对地接受某事


💡 深入解读

Acquiesce 一词源自拉丁语acquiescere/adquiescere(安静下来、保持静止、休息、休憩),17世纪10年代经法语acquiescer(屈服或同意;静止不动)进入英语,最初也是用来表示“保持静止”,不过这一含义现已过时。等到了17世纪中期后, acquiesce 开始发展出现在的常用含义指“默许、默认、默从、默然接受、默然同意”,常作正式用语并搭配介词  in 或 to 使用,强调在不情愿或不同意的情况下,被动地、沉默地或不反对地接受或服从某事,

比如:

Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up.政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。

In order to placate the mob, the feeble president acquiesced to their demands.为了安抚暴民,软弱的总统默许了他们的要求。


📚 名著用例

Carrie protested a while, but acquiesced . 嘉莉开始推托了一会,但最后还是默从了。

— 出自《美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛(Theodore Dreiser)创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》( Sister Carrie )。参见: 名著下载 | 嘉莉妹妹(Sister Carrie)》


🔍 同近义词

  • consent: give permission for something to happen
  • assent: express approval or agreement, typically officially
  • tolerate: allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference
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