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

• 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。
• 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。
• The others silently acquiesced in this reasoning.
  其余的人默默地赞同了这个意见。
• Li finally acquiesced to an inspection after repeated requests from airport staff, who uncovered the pet turtle hidden inside the burger.
  在工作人员再三坚持下，李某最后默许了行李检查，结果发现乌龟被藏在了汉堡里。
• 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。
• We acquiesced in his resignation.
  我们默许了他的辞职。
• 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。
• The legislators acquiesced in the peace terms.
  议员们对和约条款表示默认。
• Some of the industries that are now complaining so strongly about import competition have acquiesced to cost structures.
  现在如此强烈地抱怨进口竞争的一些工业，已经默认了成本结构。