| 词汇 | humouring |
| 释义 | humouring present participle ofhumour humour verb[ T ] UK(UShumor)uk /ˈhjuː.mər/ us /ˈhjuː.mɚ/ to do what someone wants so that they do not become annoyed or upset: 迁就，迎合 I applied for the job just to humour my parents.我申请那份工作只是在顺从我父母的意愿。 Calming and relaxing appease assuage balls-to-the-wall bask bread chill compose let/blow off steamidiom lie down lighten something up lull lull someone into something melt relaxation self-soothe settle settle down shirt simmer simmer down Examples of humouringhumouring In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. We should allow them the chance of humouring some of their colleagues on the back benches, though those back benches are rather empty at the moment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been also asserted that his father, discovering this trick, tried to conciliate him by indulgence, humouring his whims and encouraging his low tastes. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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