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Acquiesce Consent Acquiesced Quiet `ækwi'es V.勉强同意,默许 英 V.勉强同意,默认(To

单词 acquiesce
音标 [`ækwi'es]
解释 v.勉强同意,默许
红宝书 【英】 v.勉强同意,默认(to agree or consent quietly without protest; consent)
【考】 intransigent : acquiesce / deferential : offend(不妥协的不会同意/ 恭顺的不会冒犯)反义词:defy(反抗); resist(拒绝)
【记】 ac+quiesce(安静)→ 保持安静→默认
【同】 同根词:quiescent( 不动的,静止的), quietude(安静);派生词: acquiescent(adj.默 认的,顺从的); acquiescence(n. 默许)
【例】 He acquiesced in the plans his parents had made for him.
字源 acquiesce (v.)
1610s, from Middle French acquiescer (16c.), from Latin acquiescere "to become quiet, remain at rest," thus "be satisfied with," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + quiescere "to become quiet," from quies (genitive quietis) "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)). Related: Acquiesced; acquiescing.
不择手段背单词 v. 勉强同意, 默认(含有不情愿, 但又不敢反抗的味道) = consent = accede = subscribe
【例】You acquiesced in their plan 你只得默认他们的计划.
【记】acquire(vt 获得; 学到), quiet安静 = 安静的获得学到 = 默认
【参】quiescent(adj 不动的, 静止的); quietude(n 安静)
【类】intransigent: acquiesce = deferential: offend不妥协的不会同意 = ???顺的不会冒犯acquiesce: yield 默许是一种屈服
【反】defy(v 反抗); resist(v 拒绝)
趣味全助记 【记】ac肯定 + quiet 安静→沉默的肯定→默认

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