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Definition of acquiesce in English: acquiesceverb ˌakwɪˈɛsˌækwiˈɛs [no object]Accept something reluctantly but without protest. 默许，勉强同意 Sara acquiesced in his decision 萨拉默认他的决定。 Example sentencesExamples - Reluctant at first, he eventually acquiesced and has since taken the club from a lowly 20th to one of the four play-off spots.
- But recently they seem to be acquiescing to American demands.
- Whatever Don's initial reluctance, he acquiesces to Winston's prodding because he is, actually, looking for something, even if he doesn't know what that something is.
- The only factor preventing major incursions into treasured civil liberties is the resistance of the population at large - and, for the moment at least, the public appear to be acquiescing in the government's plans.
- Then folding the map away, he instructed her to start driving again and Andrea reluctantly acquiesced.
- War is necessary, as a last resort, for resolving disputes between states that cannot agree and will not acquiesce.
- And who are the cheerful white-clad staff, calling us by our first names and acquiescing to our every whim, if not surrogate parents?
- To argue otherwise now is to acquiesce in a rhetoric which those of us who accept universal human rights have no choice but to reject as racist.
- Most ideologues, however, have grown accustomed in recent years to acquiescing in the decisions of the country's collective leadership.
- If we do not make a stand, we will acquiesce to our positioning as mere spectators in the construction of our society.
- The government we chose hoping for alternative policies is instead acquiescing to worldwide agreements which deregulate and privatise on an international scale, ruling out new economic directions for all of us.
- And I don't know how to solve my problem without acquiescing to values that I do not hold.
- Curious but respectful, Cathena acquiesces to the request.
- The police reluctantly acquiesced to the proposals given no alternatives were offered.
- However, to understand is not to acquiesce in or accept these developments.
- Marcus acquiesces, and agrees to leave with MacCaskill.
- No matter what side you're on, there are enough voters who either agree with you or acquiesce to you to win the election.
- Are they silently acquiescing to the policies of a government that is as mean as Scrooge?
- This gives the impression that they're active on the world stage, even as they're quietly acquiescing in their own decline.
- And so we yielded, acquiesced to that, and we hope that it's going to be done as soon as possible.
Synonyms permit, consent to, agree to, allow, assent to, give one's consent to, accept, concur with, give one's assent to, give one's blessing to, say yes to, give the nod to, give one's approval to
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin acquiescere, from ad- 'to, at' + quiescere 'to rest'. Rhymesaddress, assess, Bess, bless, bouillabaisse, caress, cess, chess, coalesce, compress, confess, convalesce, cress, deliquesce, digress, dress, duchesse, duress, effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, excess, express, fess, finesse, fluoresce, guess, Hesse, impress, incandesce, intumesce, jess, largesse, less, manageress, mess, ness, noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess, phosphoresce, politesse, possess, press, priestess, princess, process, profess, progress, prophetess, regress, retrogress, stress, success, suppress, tendresse, top-dress, transgress, tress, tristesse, underdress, vicomtesse, yes Definition of acquiesce in US English: acquiesceverbˌakwēˈesˌækwiˈɛs [no object]Accept something reluctantly but without protest. 默许，勉强同意 Sara acquiesced in his decision 萨拉默认他的决定。 Example sentencesExamples - If we do not make a stand, we will acquiesce to our positioning as mere spectators in the construction of our society.
- Are they silently acquiescing to the policies of a government that is as mean as Scrooge?
- To argue otherwise now is to acquiesce in a rhetoric which those of us who accept universal human rights have no choice but to reject as racist.
- Most ideologues, however, have grown accustomed in recent years to acquiescing in the decisions of the country's collective leadership.
- The only factor preventing major incursions into treasured civil liberties is the resistance of the population at large - and, for the moment at least, the public appear to be acquiescing in the government's plans.
- This gives the impression that they're active on the world stage, even as they're quietly acquiescing in their own decline.
- No matter what side you're on, there are enough voters who either agree with you or acquiesce to you to win the election.
- Then folding the map away, he instructed her to start driving again and Andrea reluctantly acquiesced.
- Whatever Don's initial reluctance, he acquiesces to Winston's prodding because he is, actually, looking for something, even if he doesn't know what that something is.
- And who are the cheerful white-clad staff, calling us by our first names and acquiescing to our every whim, if not surrogate parents?
- And so we yielded, acquiesced to that, and we hope that it's going to be done as soon as possible.
- Reluctant at first, he eventually acquiesced and has since taken the club from a lowly 20th to one of the four play-off spots.
- And I don't know how to solve my problem without acquiescing to values that I do not hold.
- The police reluctantly acquiesced to the proposals given no alternatives were offered.
- Curious but respectful, Cathena acquiesces to the request.
- Marcus acquiesces, and agrees to leave with MacCaskill.
- However, to understand is not to acquiesce in or accept these developments.
- The government we chose hoping for alternative policies is instead acquiescing to worldwide agreements which deregulate and privatise on an international scale, ruling out new economic directions for all of us.
- War is necessary, as a last resort, for resolving disputes between states that cannot agree and will not acquiesce.
- But recently they seem to be acquiescing to American demands.
Synonyms permit, consent to, agree to, allow, assent to, give one's consent to, accept, concur with, give one's assent to, give one's blessing to, say yes to, give the nod to, give one's approval to
OriginEarly 17th century: from Latin acquiescere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + quiescere ‘to rest’. |