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外刊例句
- Russia has so far acquiesced, but that may not last.
到目前为止，俄罗斯已经默许了，但这种情况可能不会持续下去。
——《经济学人》 - She said that, given his position, she had no choice but to acquiesce.
她说，考虑到他的立场，她别无选择，只能默许。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] accept something reluctantly but without protest
[动词] 不情愿但不反对地接受某事
深入解读
Acquiesce 一词源自拉丁语 acquiescere/adquiescere （安静下来、保持静止、休息、休憩），17世纪10年代经法语 acquiescer （屈服或同意；静止不动）进入英语，最初也是用来表示“保持静止”，不过这一含义现已过时。
等到了17世纪中期后， acquiesce 开始发展出现在的常用含义指“默许、默认、默从、默然接受、默然同意”，常作正式用语并搭配介词 in 或 to 使用，强调在不情愿或不同意的情况下，被动地、沉默地或不反对地接受或服从某事，比如：
- 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。
Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. - 为了安抚暴民，软弱的总统默许了他们的要求。
In order to placate the mob, the feeble president acquiesced to their demands.
名著用例
Carrie protested a while, but acquiesced.
嘉莉开始推托了一会，但最后还是默从了。
出自美国现实主义作家西奥多·德莱赛（Theodore Dreiser）创作的长篇小说《嘉莉妹妹》（Sister Carrie）。参见：名著下载 | 嘉莉妹妹（Sister Carrie）
同近义词
- consent: give permission for something to happen
- assent: express approval or agreement, typically officially
- tolerate: allow the existence, occurrence, or practice of (something that one does not necessarily like or agree with) without interference
