acquiesce

英 [ˌækwiˈes]

美 [ˌækwiˈes]

v.  默然接受; 默认; 默许; 顺从

过去分词：acquiesced　过去式：acquiesced　现在分词：acquiescing　第三人称单数：acquiesces　

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BNC.14893 / COCA.15179

牛津词典

verb

• 默然接受；默认；默许；顺从
  to accept sth without arguing, even if you do not really agree with it
  1. 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。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 同意；默认；默许；顺从
  If youacquiesce insomething, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
  1. Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision...
     史蒂夫好像默认了这个决定。
  2. He has gradually acquiesced to the demands of the opposition...
     他渐渐顺从了反对派的要求。
  3. When her mother suggested that she stay, Alice willingly acquiesced.
     当母亲建议她留下时，艾丽斯欣然允之。

英英释义

verb

• to agree or express agreement
  1. The Maestro assented to the request for an encore
  Synonym:assentaccede

双语例句

• Keep in mind that it may be smarter to acquiesce and save the real battle for something more important.
  记住，有时接受他人意见会比较好，这样可以省下时间去做更重要的事情。
• Her parents will never acquiesce in such an unsuitablemarriage.
  她的父母决不会答应这门不相宜的婚事。
• We will not see significant progress when so many women accept their inferior status, acquiesce, suffer, and endure.
  如果许许多多妇女都接受自己的劣势地位，对此予以默认、忍耐和承受，我们将不会取得重大进展。
• No slate can acquiesce to such breaches of order.
  没一个国家会对此种破坏秩序的行为表示默认的。
• Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision
  史蒂夫好像默认了这个决定。
• His parents will never acquiesce in such an unsuitable marriage.
  他的父母一定不会同意这门不合适的婚事。
• Future generations will judge us by what we do, or fail to do: whether we lay the foundations for a sound future, or shirk our responsibility and acquiesce in decline.
  我们的后代会依据我们的所作所为或不作为对我们做出评价：无论我们是奠定了一个可靠的未来，还是逃避责任、听任欧洲的衰落。
• My erstwhile publisher asked whether I would acquiesce to omitting some "sensitive material" and changing some wording.
  我从前的出版商问我是否同意删除一些“敏感材料”和改变一些措词。
• It is the law of our existence; and we must acquiesce.
  这是我们的存在要随顺的法则；我们只能默认它。
• But that does not mean that Europe should simply acquiesce.
  但是，这并不意味着欧洲就得默默承受。