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

• Henry's indignation on hearing how Catherine had been treated, on comprehending his father's views, and being ordered to acquiesce in them, had been open and bold.
  亨利听说凯瑟琳受到了亏待，领会了他父亲的意图，还被逼着表示认从，这时他公然大胆地表示了自己的愤慨。
• 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。
• Thus, until empirical evidence favors one view or the other, egoism must acquiesce to uncertainty.
  因此，直到实证主张一种看法或其他，利己主义，必须默许的不确定性。
• When prominent scientists are prepared to acquiesce in?
  当知名科学家准备默许？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。