Deferential describes someone who is polite and shows respect towards others. This behavior involves yielding to the opinions or wishes of another person.
Deferential describes someone who is polite and shows respect towards others. This behavior involves yielding to the opinions or wishes of another person.
polite behaviour that shows that you respect someone and are therefore willing to accept their opinions or judgmentdeference to Lewis was annoyed that Adam did not show enough respect and deference to him.out of/in deference to something (=because you respect someone’s beliefs, opinions etc) They were married in church out of deference to their parents’ wishes.—deferential /ˌdefəˈrenʃəl◂/ adjective: deferential treatment—deferentially adverb
WDF
deferential
[ˌdefə'renʃl]
GRETOEFL
j21332
371
37
80
74
49
131
ADJ37365
2442
恭敬的(72%),顺从的(28%)
adj.恭敬的;惯于顺从的
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