acquiesce

/ˌækwiˈes/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌækwiˈes/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌa-kwē-ˈes/ (ame, mw)

acquiesce — verb

  • acquiescepresent simple I / you / we / they
  • acquiesceshe / she / it
  • acquiescedpast simple
  • acquiescing-ing form

1. to accept a situation, request, or rule quietly and without protest, especially

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釋義

to accept a situation, request, or rule quietly and without protest, especially when you are not fully in agreement with it — for example, a parent giving in to a child's repeated demands, or an employee accepting a policy they dislike.

例句

Dr. Okafor finally acquiesced to the board's request for a shorter training schedule.

acquiesce + to + noun phrase

After hours of debate, the committee acquiesced in the mayor's plan to close the old library.

acquiesce + in + noun phrase

同義詞
  • agree

    the most general term, with no implication of reluctance or passivity

  • concede

    implies giving in after a dispute or argument, often conceding a point in a debate

  • comply

    suggests following a rule, order, or request, more about obedience than silent tolerance

  • submit

    implies yielding to authority or superior force, with a stronger sense of power imbalance

反義詞
  • resist

    to actively oppose or fight against something rather than accept it

  • protest

    to express strong public disagreement rather than remaining silent

文法句型

acquiesce + to + noun phrase

acquiesce + in + noun phrase

用法筆記

Frequently followed by 'to' or 'in'. The 'in' variant is slightly more formal and more common in British English. Acquiesce never takes a direct object — always requires a preposition before the thing being accepted.

常見錯誤

❌The staff acquiesced the new policy.
✅The staff acquiesced to the new policy.
💡acquiesce is intransitive and always needs a preposition ('to' or 'in') before the object.
❌She acquiesced with his suggestion.
✅She acquiesced to his suggestion.
💡The correct prepositions are 'to' or 'in', not 'with'.