| 单词 | complaisant |
| 释义 | complaisant (once / 2819 pages) adj If only the world were populated entirely with complaisant people! Complaisant means willing to do something to please others, and complaisant people or animals are wonderful to be around. Don't confuse complaisant with its near-homonym complacent. Both derive from the Latin complacere "to please," but while complaisant means willing to do something to please another, complacent means smug and self-satisfied, something that you want to avoid when you're on the winning team. WORD FAMILYcomplaisant: complaisance, complaisantly+/complaisance: complaisances USAGE EXAMPLESThese cases are quite different from the phoney stories planted by studio flacks from time immemorial, dependent on co-operative artists and a complaisant press. The Guardian(Nov 07, 2016) He won the Clarence Derwent Award, given to promising newcomers, for the Broadway work in Graham Greene’s comedy “The Complaisant Lover.” Washington Times(Aug 30, 2016) He won the Clarence Derwent Award, given to promising newcomers, for the Broadway work in Graham Greene's comedy "The Complaisant Lover." US News(Aug 30, 2016) adj showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others to close one's eyes like a complaisant husband whose wife has taken a lover Syn obliging accommodating, accommodative helpful in bringing about a harmonious adaptation |
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