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acquiescing

/ak-wee-es/US // ˌæk wiˈɛs //UK // (ˌækwɪˈɛs) //

默许的,默许,默契,默示

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ac·qui·esced, ac·qui·esc·ing.

    • : to assent tacitly; submit or comply silently or without protest; agree; consent: to acquiesce halfheartedly in a business plan.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbagree with some reluctance
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Examples

  • The liberals have allowed that belief to emerge by acquiescing in conservative inconsistency.

  • By acquiescing to the formation of a new state, Telangana, India is setting a dangerous precedent of ethnic division.

  • By acquiescing, the Supreme Court made it look like they were in the tank for Bush.

  • But acquiescing to that pessimism means acquiescing to new spasms of terrible violence.

  • But acquiescing to talks without a settlement freeze would be a major backtrack for Abbas and probably hurt his public standing.

  • It is not simply acquiescing in that Covenant in the heart, but signifying that acquiescence in a positive service.

  • Angels in light, acquiescing in God's law, were at least virtually in covenant with him.

  • All the parties immediately concerned were apparently so desperately acquiescing in his suit, that he soon grew uneasy.

  • And George was called in to settle the controversy, both parties acquiescing in his decision.

  • Let us prove the truth of our profession by at least not acquiescing, without resistance, in such assailments.