deference

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdɛfəɹəns/    美 /ˈdɛ.fɚ.əns/|/ˈdɛ.fɹəns/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Great respect. countable,uncountable
    — The children treated their elders with deference.
  2. The willingness to carry out the wishes of others. countable,uncountable
    — By tidying his room, he showed deference to his mother.

词形变化

deferences plural

词汇关系

近义词
honor respect
衍生词
in deference to nondeference overdeference

词源

From French déférence. Morphologically defer + -ence.
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