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单词 compliant
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compliant

(kəmplaɪənt)
adjective
If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
[formal]
She was much naughtier than her compliant brother.
...a docile and compliant workforce.
Synonyms: obedient, willing, accepting, yielding More Synonyms of compliant

compliant in British English

(kəmˈplaɪənt) or compliable
adjective
complying, obliging, or yielding
Derived forms
compliantly (comˈpliantly) or compliably (comˈpliably)
adverb
compliantness (comˈpliantness) or compliableness (comˈpliableness)
noun

compliant in American English

(kəmplaɪənt)
adjective
complying or tending to comply; yielding; submissive
SIMILAR WORDS:  oˈbedient
Derived forms
compliantly (comˈpliantly)
adverb

Examples of 'compliant' in a sentence
compliant

We do not want a compliant workforce.
Thompson, Sir Peter Sharing the Success - the story of NFC (1990)
We always ensure we are fully compliant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
The airline said it requires all its pilots to be fully tax compliant.
The Sun (2016)
He said a recent audit had confirmed the company was compliant with regulations banning the payment of referral fees.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
If you think that your insurer has unfairly turned down a claim, make an official compliant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As soon as the issue was identified we took action to satisfy ourselves that we're fully compliant.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He said the company's trading methods were compliant with regulations on referralfees and had recently passed an audit confirming this.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Advances in robotics and other innovations such as 3D printing are likely to further erode the advantages of a cheap and compliant workforce.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
If you can successfully crush that, you've got yourself a compliant workforce.
The Sun (2012)
(adjective) 
a docile and compliant workforce
Synonyms
obedient
a sweet, obedient little child
willing
There are some questions which they will not be willing to answer.
accepting
yielding
His personality was sometimes prickly, sometimes yielding.
obliging
He was a most polite and obliging young man.
accommodating
Not every friend is so accommodating.
passive
their passive acceptance of the new regime
cooperative
I made every effort to be cooperative.
agreeable
She was agreeable to the project.
submissive
Most doctors want their patients to be submissive.
conformist
deferential
stars who like five-star hotels and deferential treatment
acquiescent
The other men were acquiescent but he had an independent streak.
complaisant
conformable
accordant
assentient
consentient

Additional synonyms

in the sense of accommodating
Definition
willing to help
Not every friend is so accommodating.
Synonyms
obliging,
willing,
kind,
friendly,
helpful,
polite,
cooperative,
agreeable,
amiable,
courteous,
considerate,
hospitable,
unselfish,
eager to please,
complaisant
in the sense of acquiescent
The other men were acquiescent but he had an independent streak.
Synonyms
submissive,
agreeing,
accepting,
approving,
yielding,
consenting,
accommodating,
conforming,
agreeable,
meek,
assenting,
obedient,
compliant,
amenable,
acceding,
concurrent,
ingratiating,
malleable,
deferential,
pliant,
obsequious,
tractable,
unresisting,
bootlicking (informal),
obeisant
in the sense of agreeable
Definition
prepared to consent
She was agreeable to the project.
Synonyms
consenting,
willing,
agreeing,
approving,
sympathetic,
complying,
responsive,
concurring,
amenable,
in accord,
well-disposed,
acquiescent

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compliant

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