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acquiescent

/ak-wee-es-uhnt/US // ˌæk wiˈɛs ənt //

默契,默许,默契的,默许的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : disposed to acquiesce or consent tacitly.

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Examples

  • This raises the possibility that it could step in if the administration proves too acquiescent.

  • I wandered around aimlessly for a while, then gave the goose to an acquiescent hippy on a barge.

  • He grew listless and indifferent, acquiescent in these steep efforts that the next moment must throw away.

  • Sleeping or waking, resisting or acquiescent, Pierre's head was in serious danger, if it threatened lise.

  • When that happened which was appointed to happen, it must find him not only acquiescent but serene and undisturbed.

  • These achievements often leave me a little cold, intellectually acquiescent, nothing more.

  • For how long content—content is not the word: despairingly acquiescent—theres no word to express that—I can noway tell.