| 词汇 | meekly |
| 释义 | meekly adverb uk /ˈmiː.kli/ us /ˈmiː.kli/ in a quiet, gentle way and without arguing or expressing your opinions: 温顺地;谦和地 He meekly accepted the arrangement.他顺从地接受了这个安排。 "Yes, Mummy," Abby agreed meekly.“好的，妈妈”，艾比温顺地同意了。 See meek At last one of them meekly raised his hand and stepped forward. Clara followed Jane meekly up the staircase. She kept her eyes meekly downcast, her head slightly bowed. Tender & gentle caressing caressingly fly gentle gentleness gently meekness mild mild-mannered mildness non-critical soft soft-hearted softy tender tender-hearted tenderly tenderness TLC Examples of meeklymeekly The good news is that this state of affairs is not being meekly accepted. It also contradicts the conventional wisdom that labour and production investors in these countries are meekly obedient and have no bargaining strength. These are, however counterbalanced by feminine rituals meant to reduce the husband, through occult means, to the position of a bleating sheep meekly obeying the wife. It is inconceivable that the free peoples would meekly surrender their liberties without a fight, whatever the consequences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We certainly shall be ignored so long as we all meekly sit around smiling and submitting to this kind of treatment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is scandalous that we so meekly surrender our own stance on self-expression. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It is a bit much meekly to say at this late stage that objection has been withdrawn. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We have accepted too meekly and for too long the rulings of people who said that we were out of order. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We accept meekly the accusation that some of our categories of need are, by her standards, far too wide. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To accept it meekly now might easily encourage our opponents to add something very much more unpleasant soon. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would we have acquiesced meekly or would we have resisted stoutly? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He dodged answering it on both occasions by meekly saying that he could only speak for himself. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Before we fall meekly into line and accept that somehow we are anachronistic, we should remember that our electoral system is our most successful export. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I accept that some issues may have to be looked into, but must we meekly accept the situation? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Unless the more fortunate members of the community set an example, you cannot expect others to accept meekly a reduction in their wages. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of meekly 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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