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compliment noun 1expression of praise 赞美ADJECTIVE | VERB + COMPLIMENT | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEbig, great, tremendous, ultimate 盛赞；高度的赞美；极大的赞誉；最高的称颂◆To listen to someone is the greatest compliment you can pay.用心倾听就是对别人最高的尊重。biggest, highest 极大的／极高的赞誉nice, wonderful 美好的／极好的赞美unexpected 意料之外的称许backhanded, left-handed (NAmE) 有言外之意的／虚情假意的恭维◆In a backhanded compliment she said he looked very good for his age.她说他比实际年龄年轻许多，其实是有言外之意。VERB + COMPLIMENTgive, pay sb 说恭维话；赞美某人mean sth as ⋯意在赞美◆Please don't misunderstand me－I meant it as a compliment.请别误解我的意思 － 我这是赞美之言。get, receive 收到赞美accept, acknowledge, take 接受赞美◆She acknowledged their compliments with a big smile.她喜笑颜开地接受了他们的赞美。appreciate 感谢赞美regard sth as, take sth as 视⋯为称赞◆I'll take that as a compliment.我把那当作赞美。fish for 拐弯抹角地寻求别人的赞扬◆She's always fishing for compliments about her looks.她总是拐弯抹角地想让别人称赞她好看。repay, return 答谢别人的称赞◆He returned her compliment by saying how well she looked.对于她的称赞，他回报说她很漂亮。PREPOSITIONcompliment on 对⋯的赞美◆She received several compliments on her speech.她的演讲得到了一些人的称赞。compliment to 对⋯的敬意◆If Mark's wearing a suit, that'll be a compliment to you!如果马克穿套装，那就是对你的尊敬！ |