英语释义

1. respect and esteem due a superior or an elder also affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes

2. in consideration of
returned early in deference to her parents' wishes

3. a way of behaving that shows respect for someone or something

4. respect and consideration for the wishes of another

片语

in light of根据；鑒于；从…观点

in consideration of考虑到，鑒于；作为对…的酬报

英汉例句

• The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country.

  这些妇女戴着面纱是遵从这个国家的习俗。

• He accompanied George VI and Queen Elizabeth on the first postwar royal tour to South Africa, changing his manner little in deference to majesty.

  他曾陪同乔治六世和伊丽莎白女王作了战后王室的第一次南非之行，这多少改变了他平时对君王敬畏的态度。

• They are married in church in deference to their parents'wish.

  他们遵从父母的意愿，在教堂结婚。

• Individual buildings can be preserved in deference to former occupants or to their designers; an entire city like Port Townsend, Washington, can be an architectural museum.

  独栋的建筑能够以不同于它设计师或者的前任的拥有者时的形式被保存下来；一个像华盛顿的汤森港样的完整的城市就，能够最终成为一个建筑的博物馆。

• He took away the Sabbath canopy that had been built at the temple and removed the royal entryway outside the temple of the Lord, in deference to the king of Assyria.

  又因亚述王的缘故，将耶和华殿为安息日所盖的廊子和王从外入殿的廊子挪移，围绕耶和华的殿。

• You should be aware that in deference to case-sensitive languages, all references to a definition must use the same case as the defining occurrence.

  应该注意根据区分大小写的语言，所有的定义引用必须与定义的大小写相同。

• The air-conditioning had been adjusted in deference to an urgent plea .

  根据一项紧急请求调整了空气调节器。

• The duck is also responsible for an interesting bit of architectural lingo: Robert Venturi coined the term 「duck」 to describe a building that conforms to its purpose, in deference to the Big duck.

  鸭子还负责一个有趣的建筑术语位：罗伯特文丘里提出了「鸭子」来描述建筑物符合其宗旨的尊重，对大鸭。

• I changed my plan in deference to your opinion.

  我听从你的意见，改变了计划。

• Most of the place names of England had been bestowed not by officialdom, or in deference to knights, earls or Kings, but by ordinary peasants coping with flooded pasture or looking over the hills.

  英国大部份的地名，不是由官方指定、或是纪念骑士公爵或国王，而是由那些应付淹水的牧场和看管山坡的平凡农民来命名。

• Most of the meat was grilled, but some Fried, in deference to local tastes.

  大部分肉是烤的，也有一部分是炸的，以满足不同口味。

• Since the mid-1950s, Israel has had laws restricting the sale of pork and banning its farm production in deference to biblical proscriptions.

  自从上个世纪中叶，以色列就颁布了严格的律法限制猪肉出售并禁止违反圣经的猪肉生产。

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相反词

defiance蔑视；挑战；反抗

disobedience不服从；违反，违抗

intractability棘手；难驾驭

recalcitrance反抗，顽抗；固执，不听话