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Acquiescence is the noun for that quiet giving-in. It can mean the act: you did not argue, so the thing went ahead. It can also mean a habit of being too ready to go along, never saying what you actually want — and that use sounds like a criticism. In law it has a sharper edge: if you see a problem for a long time and never object, a court may treat you as if you had agreed. The word is formal. Everyday English would just say they went along with it, or they didn’t speak up. Though actually, silence is not always peace. Sometimes it is only tiredness.
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組成Borrowed from French acquiescence, from the same Latin family as acquiesce: ad + quies (“rest”).
同家族的字
- acquiescethe verb this noun belongs to
- acquiescentthe adjective from the same Latin verb
- quietboth go back to Latin quies, rest
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
acquiescencenoun/ˌæk.wiːˈɛs.əns/
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A silent or passive assent or submission, or a submission with apparent consent, distinguished from avowed consent on the one hand, and on the other, from opposition or open discontent; quiet satisfaction.
- reluctant acquiescence
- sign of acquiescence
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lawInaction, passivity, or neglect to take legal action when it is called for in order to assert, preserve, or safeguard a right, and which inaction implies the abandonment of said right.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。