| 词汇 | deference |
| 释义 | deference noun[ U ] formaluk /ˈdef.ər.əns/ us /ˈdef.ɚ.əns/ respect and politeness: 尊重，尊敬 treat someone with deferenceHe treats her with such deference.他对她非常尊重。 in deference toShe covered her head in deference to (= because of a polite respect for) Muslim custom. Showing respect and admiration admiration admire admiring admiringly approving approvingly forelock fulsome fulsomely fulsomeness glorify grovelling hallow pay your respectsidiom philogynist philogyny put someone on a pedestalidiom regild respectfully worshipful deference | American Dictionarydeference noun[ U ] us/ˈdef·ə·rəns/ respect shown for another person esp. because of that person’s experience, knowledge, age, or power: In deference to nature lovers, the town refused to grant a permit to builders who would have filled in a swamp used by many birds. deferentialadjectiveus/ˌdef·əˈren·tʃəl/ A smart lawyer is always deferential to a judge. Examples of deferencedeference The idea of deference sounds strays from this notion somewhat. Recall that nicknames contextualize camaraderie among social equals, while kin terms simultaneously contextualize camaraderie and deference 0 patronage. This awareness creates the relationship of "deference 0 patronage" that exists between socially unequal individuals. This mythology helps to shed light on the relevance of the prominence of expertise within our culture to the phenomenon of linguistic deference. One might mistakenly yoke condescension to a particular social attitude - deference, for instance. Such status images are implemented concurrently with, and form an emergent background for, acts of deference. It enabled her to speak in public, and travel abroad, with the approval, indeed the deference, of her co-religionists. Local deference ensures that the scope of local political conflict is only minimally broadened in the state legislature. The miners' declaration is couched in the language of deference, assuming the standard forms of respect granted to the monarch. Other cases came to the crown's notice through networks of patronage, which reinforced hierarchy and deference at every level. Note that we will see that it is possible that respect for dignity may not compel deference to autonomous choice. Gone were the old certainties, the old codes of behaviour, the deference to nineteenth-century authority. Consequently, if an utterance contains a single honorific item, its overall deference effects may be locally unclear, or unconstruable. An age set pays respect (inkanyit) to all groups senior to it and receives respect and deference from those junior to it. This system of legal classification was intended to be logical, objective, and apolitical, while preserving judicial deference to the legislature. See all examples of deference 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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