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

• Elizabeth said no more, but her mind could not acquiesce.
  伊丽莎白不做声了，可是她心里依旧不敢赞同。
• 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。
• 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。
• He is so independent that he will never acquiesce.
  他很有主见，所以绝不会顺从（同意）。
• 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。
• To cause to acquiesce; submit.
  使默认；使服从。收藏。
• France, once a counterweight to the economics of deflation, seems now to think it has no option but to acquiesce.
  曾经对通缩经济体起到平衡作用的法国，现在似乎认为它别无选择，只得默许。
• 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。
• 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。
• I had to acquiesce in her decision despite my private opinion.
  我不得不默认她的决定，尽管我有我自己的看法。