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deferential adj.表示敬意的,謙讓的,謙遜的,恭敬的。

deferment

I ve heard what i ve heard , good now . the oppressive sense of the harm she had done led tess to be more deferential than she might otherwise have been to the maternal wish ; but she could not understand why her mother should find such satisfaction in contemplating an enterprise of , to her , such doubtful profit 苔絲心里總有一種她惹了禍的沉重感覺,因此這就使苔絲對她母親的愿望,比平時順從多了而且她還弄不明白,在她看來,她母親的計劃的好處很值得懷疑,而她的母親一想到它就能從中得到滿足。

There was an enjoyment in accepting their simple kindness , and in repaying it by a consideration - a scrupulous regard to their feelings - to which they were not , perhaps , at all times accustomed , and which both charmed and benefited them ; because , while it elevated them in their own eyes , it made them emulous to merit the deferential treatment they received 我樂于接受他們純樸的善意,并以尊重他們的情感來作為回報一對此他們不一定會隨時都感到習慣,但這既讓她們著迷,也對他們有益,因為他們眼看自己提高了地位,并渴望無愧于所受到的厚待。

The chaplain was not a had fellow , but too deferential . sir alexander , after his slight stroke , had a terrible heaviness his joviality , but he was still thrilled at the presence of so many handsome young women 亞力山大爵干呢,自從他發了小病后,在他的歡快中總是帶著一種可怕的呆滯,但是家里來了這么許多美麗的少婦們,依然是一件使他心迷目亂的事情。

In other people s presence i was , as formerly , deferential and quiet ; any other line of conduct being uncalled for : it was only in the evening conferences i thus thwarted and afflicted him 別人在場的時候,我照例顯得恭敬文雅,其他舉動都沒有必要。只有在晚上交談時,才那么沖撞他,折磨他。

The chinese part of the firm , beset by deeply hierarchical and deferential behaviour , needs to get people to talk more openly to each other ? even if that means confronting a superior 聯想在中國國內受困于根深蒂固的層級觀念與服從上級的行為模式,這里需要廣開言路,即使這意味著頂撞上級。

Gradually , and with little help from rome , the american church is becoming better attuned to a flock that has become less deferential and less inclined to take things on trust 逐漸的,在沒有得到羅馬幫助的情況下,美國教會正在逐漸協調合那些越來越不尊重教會、不信任教會的教民的關系。

Notes that ms miers sent to mr bush in the late 1990s , when he was texas governor and she was his personal lawyer and the head of the state lottery commission , range from deferential to fawning 當時的布什為得克薩斯州州長,而邁爾斯為其私人律師兼得州彩票委員會主席。

They may be solved by the clarification of two deferential fields - - - - - - economy and ethics , and by the push of new economical orders to restructuring moral orders 其次,要認識到新經濟秩序的建立對推動道德規2z范的重建是必要的、也是可行的。

Still very busy , said mihail ivanitch , in a tone of deferential irony , that made her turn pale . worrying very much over the new wing 米哈伊爾伊萬內奇面帶恭敬而又譏諷的笑容說,這就使得瑪麗亞公爵小姐的面色發白了。

The manner when accepting calling card must deferential , make the other side feels you are very interested in his calling card 接受名片時態度一定要恭敬,使對方感到你對他的名片很感愛好。

Is this your sword ? asked petya , or is it yours ? he turned with deferential respect to the swarthy , whiskered denisov “這是你的馬刀嗎? ”彼佳問道, “要不然,這柄是您的? ”

Presently she paced slowly off through the crowd of deeply deferential little women 隨后,她慢吞吞地從對她畢恭畢敬的小娘兒們中間走出去。

He is deferential to his superiors 他對他的長官是恭敬的。

The oppressive sense of the harm she had done led tess to be more deferential than she might otherwise have been to the maternal wish . 苔絲以為漏子都是自己捅的,這種看法老壓在她的心頭,因此使她對于她媽的愿望,比起沒有前面那種情況的時候,尊重得多。

And that a few deferential protestations would take the edge from her displeasure . 只要對她說上幾句恭維話,她心中的惱怒就會煙消云散。

I am deferential and respectful in the presence of artists . 我一向恭敬、尊重藝術家。