deference

deference /'defərəns/
  • danh từ
    • sự chiều ý, sự chiều theo
      • in deference to someone's desires: chiều theo ý muốn của ai
    • sự tôn trọng, sự tôn kính
      • to treat someone with deference: đối xử với ai một cách tôn trọng
      • to have no deference for someone: không tôn trọng ai, thất lễ với ai
      • to pay (show) deference to somebody: tỏ lòng tôn kính ai
      • with all due deference to somebody: với tất cả lòng tôn kính đối với ai
      • no deference for someone: không tôn trọng ai, thất lễ đối với ai
      • to pay (show) deference to somebody: tỏ lòng tôn kính ai
      • with all due deference to somebody: với tất cả lòng tôn kính đối với ai

Xem thêm: respect, respect, respectfulness, complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness



deference

Từ điển Collocation

deference noun

ADJ. great

VERB + DEFERENCE accord, show, treat sb with The actress was accorded all the deference of a visiting celebrity. Why do you treat your boss with such deference?

PREP. in/out of ~ to The traditional menu was changed in deference to Western tastes. | with ~ She spoke with great deference. | ~ to, ~ towards deference towards your elders

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • a courteous expression (by word or deed) of esteem or regard; respect

    his deference to her wishes was very flattering

    be sure to give my respects to the dean

  • courteous regard for people's feelings; respect, respectfulness

    in deference to your wishes

    out of respect for his privacy

  • a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others; complaisance, compliance, compliancy, obligingness

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: complaisance compliance compliancy obligingness respect respectfulness