acquiesced

英 [ˌækwiˈest]

美 [ˌækwiˈest]

v.  默然接受; 默认; 默许; 顺从
acquiesce的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 同意；默认；默许；顺从
  If youacquiesce insomething, you agree to do what someone wants or to accept what they do.
  1. Steve seemed to acquiesce in the decision...
     史蒂夫好像默认了这个决定。
  2. He has gradually acquiesced to the demands of the opposition...
     他渐渐顺从了反对派的要求。
  3. When her mother suggested that she stay, Alice willingly acquiesced.
     当母亲建议她留下时，艾丽斯欣然允之。

双语例句

• This was a topic of fierce debate among executives. Mr. Jobs hated the idea of sharing the iPod with Windows, but he eventually acquiesced to his lieutenants.
  当时这在管理层中曾激起很大的争论，乔布斯不喜欢iPod与Windows兼容的想法，但最终还是默许手下这样做。
• She acquiesced, and he went.
  她默许了，他就去了。
• It acquiesced in the larceny of Russian wealth for the benefit of a few.
  为了少数人的利益，西方还默许了窃取俄罗斯财富的行为。
• Although the revolt failed because of divisions within the rebel camp, charles, after his return, partly acquiesced in these demands, and his subsequent marriage to isabella, daughter of the king of portugal, lifted him to unexpected heights of popularity.
  虽然这次反叛因内部的分裂而告失败，但是查理回到西班牙以后还是部分同意了这些要求，接着他与葡萄牙国王女儿伊莎贝拉的婚姻出乎意料地提高了他的知名度。
• They acquiesced in our plan.
  他们默许我们的计画。
• Great britain, who would certainly have fought if bound by treaty obligations, was nevertheless now deeply involved, and it must be recorded with regret that the British government not only acquiesced but encouraged the French government in a fatal course.
  英国如果有条约义务的约束，早就会奋起战斗的。但无论如何它已深深地卷入进去了，历史只好遗憾地这样记载：英国政府不仅默许而且鼓励法国政府走上了一条致命的道路。
• Asked to fudge the numbers by a competitor bank, Barclays acquiesced.
  当被对手银行要求捏造数据时，巴克莱竟欣然答应。
• Very often, the tenant and his wife acquiesced in these relations out of fear, but if the tenant should protest, he had little chance to make his protest effective.
  佃户夫妻因为害怕，往往敢怒不敢言。佃户要是反抗，也绝不会有好下场。
• He said he would never acquiesced in such a plan.
  他说他决不会默然同意这样的计划。
• Even in the case of the huge claims China and India have on each other's territory, China has acquiesced in seemingly never-ending talks allowing relations to improve in other areas.
  甚至在中印双方都对对方有巨大领土要求的情况下，中国也已勉强同意开启似乎永无休止的谈判，让双方其他领域的关系得到发展。