| 单词 | complaisant |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kəm'pleizənt] |
| 解释 | a.顺从的，讨好的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 顺从的，讨好的 (affably agreeable; obliging) 【考】 complaisance : intractable / adeptness : maladroit(柔顺的不难处理/熟 练的不笨拙)反义词: churlishness(粗野); obdurate(固执的); obstinacy(固执) 【记】 com+plais(可能等于p lease)+ant→please others→讨好的 【同】 派生词: complaisance (n. 迁就，奉承) |
| 字源 | complaisant (adj.) 1640s, from French complaisant (16c.), in Middle French, "pleasing," present participle of complaire "acquiesce to please," from Latin complacere "be very pleasing" (see complacent, with which it overlapped till mid-19c.). Possibly influenced in French by Old French plaire "gratify." |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 乐于顺从的, 讨好的(慇懃的、取悦别人的) = obliging 【例】She is entirely complaisant to me 她对我百依百顺. 【记】com共同, plais = please取悦－象丁春秋的弟子共同取悦他一样－讨好的com一起, pla = play, is是, ant蚂蚁: 一起玩的是蚂蚁, 如果她不是个仙女, 我能陪她玩蚂蚁? 这不是想讨好她吗! 【类】compliant: servile = trusting: gullible顺从的过分是奴性的 = 信赖的过分是轻信的obsequious: fawn = compliant: yield奉承的: 奉承 = 顺从的: 顺从(同义) 【反】obdurate(adj 固执的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pleasant 令人愉快的 |
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