【每日一词】deference -/ ˈde-fə-rən(t)s ˈdef-rən(t)s/n. 顺从，尊重，遵从 ；respect and esteem due a superior or an elder，also : affected or ingratiating regard for another's wishes

Phrases- in deference to: in consideration of

//returned early in deference to her parents' wishes

deference

Synonyms

acquiescence,biddability,compliance,compliancy,docility,obedience,submissiveness

短语

in deference to: 听从；鉴于；考虑到；遵从

judicial deference: 司法尊重；或司法顺从主义；司法谦抑

need for deference: 顺从需求

Low-status deference: 地位低的尊重；低地位的尊重；地位低尊重

absence of deference: 缺乏依从

greatest deference: 最大的尊重；最大让步

deference to: 尊重；顺从

双语例句

The patronage, entwined with the ordinary deference, was not plain to them.

这种恩宠与平常的顺从交织在一起，对他们来说并不寻常。

The flags were lowered out of deference to the bereaved family.

降旗是出于对死者家属的尊重。

The women wore veils in deference to the customs of the country.

这些妇女戴着面纱是遵从这个国家的习俗。

Examples of deference in a Sentence

But a lack of enforcement and deference to local control mean conditions and treatment in a county jail ultimately come down to the priorities of the county sheriff.

—Usa Today Network Ohio, The Enquirer, 2 June 2024

The majority decision turned not on the behavior of former director of student conduct Christopher Dukes, but largely on the deference courts are required to give, under state law, to binding arbitration agreements contractually agreed to by disputing parties.

—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 31 May 2024

The Arizona Supreme Court will announce its decision today in a case that would continue to allow legal abortions up to 15 weeks of pregnancy or ban nearly all abortions in deference to an 1864 law.

—Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 9 Apr. 2024

Then Scott lets a few split seconds of longing break apart Tom’s face, transforming it from bland deference and canny chumminess into something raw, covetous, recognizably human, and aware of how to make other humans hurt.

—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024