- 1vC1
/kəmˈplaɪ/
to do what a rule, law, or request says you must do.
遵守;遵從
過去式 complied過去分詞 complied-ing complying三單 complies
核心畫面
Picture a rule already written down, and someone's behaviour lining up with it. The rule came first and does not bend — what moves is the person. That is why the word feels official: it is about matching a standard that is not up for discussion, not about agreeing with a friend.
可以想成:規定早就白紙黑字寫在那裡,然後某個人的行為往上對齊。規定在前面,而且不會為誰彎腰——會動的是人。這就是為什…更多收起
可以想成:規定早就白紙黑字寫在那裡,然後某個人的行為往上對齊。規定在前面,而且不會為誰彎腰——會動的是人。這就是為什麼這個字聽起來很正式:它講的是對齊一個沒得商量的標準,而不是同意朋友的提議。日常說「照做」用 follow the rules 就好,comply 是公文和法規的用字。原始詞典資料4 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。
complyverb/kəmˈplaɪ/
- 1
To yield assent; to accord; to acquiesce, agree, consent; to adapt oneself, to conform.
- comply with rules
- comply fully
- 2
archaicTo accomplish, to fulfil.
- Gentle Abrahen, I / am griev'd my power cannot comply my promiſe: / my Father's ſo averſe from granting my / requeſt concerning thee, that with angrie frowns / he did expreſs rather a paſſionate rage, / then a refuſall civil, or accuſtom'd / to his indulgent diſpoſition.
- 3
archaicTo be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments.
- [Y]our hands come then, th’appurtenance of welcome is faſhion and ceremonie; let mee comply with you in this garb, let me^([sic – meaning lest my]) extent to the players, which I tell you muſt ſhowe fairely outwards, ſhould more appeare like entertainment than yours: […]
- 4
archaicTo enfold; to embrace.
- And then a rug of carded wooll, / Which, spunge-like, drinking in the dull / Light of the moon, seem'd to comply, / Cloud-like, the daintie deitie.
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。