Complaisance

(noun.) a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others.

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• She could not respect his eye, but his love and his complaisance were unexceptionable. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• I had paid dear for my complaisance. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Whether it was the heart which dictated this new system of complaisance and humility adopted by our Rebecca, is to be proved by her after-history. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• She must not be left to her own complaisance. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• He is, indeed; but, considering the inducement, my dear Miss Eliza, we cannot wonder at his complaisance--for who would object to such a partner? 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• He complied with her request, and answered her challenge in a large wine-cup; she then proceeded with her story, as if appeased by his complaisance. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• It was probably out of complaisance to this great company, that the government agreed to render this law perpetual. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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