com·plai·sance /kəmˈplesṇ(t)s, zṇ(t)s; ˌkɑmpleˈzæn(t)s, plə, ˈzɑn(t)s/
彬彬有禮,慇懃,柔順
Com·plai·sance n. Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. --Addison.
They strive with their own hearts and keep them down,
In complaisance to all the fools in town. --Young.
Syn: -- Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.
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complaisance
n : a disposition or tendency to yield to the will of others
[syn: compliance, compliancy, obligingness, deference]