英语释义

• showing deference

片语

reverent虔诚的；恭敬的；尊敬的

deferential fold输精管壁

deferential dialectic一种顺从的辩证关系

deferential to尊重

deferential plexus[解剖]

deferential artery[解剖]

deferential operator微分算子

deferential meaning区别性意义

respectful恭敬的；有礼貌的

deferential cyst输精管囊肿

deferential behavior恭敬行为恭敬行为

英汉例句

• he offered to create obama「s ad campaign but became annoyed because obama」s strategist david axelrod wasn「t sufficiently deferential (huffpo)

  他曾主动请缨，为奥巴马创作竞选广告，但奥巴马的军师大卫?阿克塞尔罗德不太配合，这让乔布斯大为恼火。

• in contrast to microsoft a decade ago, whose executives would rarely hide their disdain for regulators, mr. wagner speaks of his former colleagues at the justice department in deferential tones.

  现在提起自己在司法部的前同事们，wagner显得十分的谦逊，这与10年前微软毫不掩饰自己对法律人员的鄙视之情形成了鲜明的对比。

• one of the movement」s central messages is self-respect—pentecostals are 「dynamite in the hands of god」 rather than deferential servants.

  该运动的一个主要启示就是自尊——五旬节派信徒是「上帝手中的妙物」，而非恭顺的仆人。

• i am deferential and respectful in the presence of artists.

  我一向恭敬、尊重艺术家。

• 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.

  联想在中国国内受困于根深蒂固的层级观念与服从上级的行为模式，这里需要广开言路，即使这意味着顶撞上级。

• in fact, they are so deferential to the military that one recent survey indicated 28 percent of americans think civilian control of the military is a bad idea, with another 28 percent not sure.

  事实上，他们惯于顺从于军方，而最近的一项调查显示，28%的美国人认为军方对人民的掌控并非好事，还有28%的人并不确定。

• this trend is not healthy because civilians who are overly deferential to the military are unlikely to question military advice, even when it might be bad for the troops as well as the country.

  这种趋势很不好，因为对于军队过分尊敬的民众很少有可能去质疑军事意见，即使这些可能会对国家和军队都是有害的。

• 「unhappy china」 is a collection of essays by five authors who argue that china has been too deferential to a western world that is hostile toward it.

  这本名为《中国不高兴》的书是五位作者的文章合集，书中认为中国对对其抱有敌意的西方世界过于顺从。

• strange. as old as i am, i still feel deferential to you.

  真奇特，即使像我这么老了，我还是觉得该对你恭敬。

• he was slightly built, shy, deferential almost, with nothing in his dress to distinguish him from his workmen.

  他身材瘦小，羞怯，对大家几乎很恭敬，从衣着上丝毫显不出与他的工人们有什么不同。

• several of the men interviewed say that the fighters were extremely deferential to the apparent leader on site, a portly, bespectacled man who was referred to as either the 「sheikh」 or the "doctor.

  一些接受采访的人说，这些战士对现场的一位显然是领导的人极为恭敬，他们称这个身村魅梧的戴眼镜男子为「酋长」或「医生」。

• the black-eyed was so softened by this deferential behavior, that she caught up little miss toodle who was running past, and took her to banbury cross immediately.

  这种表示敬意的态度使黑眼睛软化了，她把从身旁跑过去的图德尔小姑娘抱到膝盖上，立刻给她唱起到班伯里①十字架去旅行的歌曲。

• fei little beard, his eyes still on the floor, replied with a string of deferential yeses.

  费小胡子恭恭敬敬接连答应了几个「是」，眼睛看在地下。

• 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.

  逐渐的，在没有得到罗马帮助的情况下，美国教会正在逐渐协调合那些越来越不尊重教会、不信任教会的教民的关系。

• the old idea of being deferential and accepting what you are told has gone.

  那种顺从和接受的思想已经消失了。

• foreigners are often used to shake things up in japan, where a japanese boss might be too cautious, deferential and slow.

  在日本，外国人一般被用来整顿事物并使之重振旗鼓，而日本老板则可能过分谨慎，不能大刀阔斧的改革。

相似词

respectful恭敬的；有礼貌的

dutiful忠实的；顺从的；守本分的