complaisant
complaisant 英 [kəmˈpleɪzənt] 美 [kəmˈplesənt, -zənt]
adj. 彬彬有礼的；顺从的；殷勤的
名词复数:complaisants
- If only the world were populated entirely with complaisant people! Complaisant means willing to do something to please others, and complaisant people or animals are wonderful to be around.
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- adj. 彬彬有礼的；顺从的；殷勤的
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1. Switzerland was one of the complaisant countries in which he was safe.
30年来波兰斯基为了这一天的到来而日日陷于惊恐之中。 显然他认为瑞士是一个殷勤的安全国家。
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2. A Quaker preacher, traveling in the more complaisant colony of Maryland, came upon a party of young people who were dancing merrily together.
一个贵格会的传道人，在更殷勤有礼的马里兰殖民地旅行时，遇到了一群年轻人在欢快的跳舞。
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3. The courtier obeyed the king's orders in a complaisant manner.
在朝臣服从国王的命令，在殷勤的方式进行。
- complaisant (adj.) 1640s, "civil and gracious, desiring to please;" 1670s, "disposed to comply with another's wishes;" from French complaisant "pleasing, obliging, gracious" (16c.), present participle of complaire "acquiesce to please," from Latin complacere "be very pleasing to" (see complacent, its doublet, with which it overlapped in sense until mid-19c.). The French spelling possibly was influenced by Old French plaire "gratify." Related: Complaisantly.
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