Какво означава compliment на английски?

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compliment Значение & определение

0 a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect:
- He complained that his husband never paid him any compliments anymore.
- I take it as a compliment (= I am pleased) when people say I look like my mother.
- Are you fishing for (= trying to get) compliments?
- You should take it as a compliment when I fall asleep in your company - it means I'm relaxed.
- Thank you so much for your help - I hope one day I'll be able to return/repay the compliment (= do something good for you).
- That was an excellent meal! My compliments to the chef.
- We enclose a copy of our latest brochure, with our compliments.
1 to praise or express admiration for someone:
- I was just complimenting Robert on his wonderful food.
- I must compliment you on your handling of a very difficult situation.
2 a remark or action that expresses approval, admiration, or respect:
- She paid him a high compliment by saying she read all his books.
- He was surprised by her remark, but decided to take it as a compliment.
3 to express your approval, admiration, or respect to someone for that person's character, skill, etc.:
- I complimented Robert on his great cooking.

When we deferentially compliment someone, we speak in strict accordance with the rules, whereas our verbal insults gain emphasis when violating the rules of dialogue.
There are eleven blood glucose meters available, each with different features to compliment the complex needs of individual patients.
It is harder to think of analogous compliments, sweet nothings, or creative compromises.
Second, while a number of the contributors emphasise that greater transparency must compliment economic liberalisation, the full implications of this are not worked out.
The reader may be gaining an impression that this text is being written to criticise, not to compliment.
While there are gender differences, large cultural discrepancies were not detected in the respondents' perceived likelihood of giving compliments.
For despite its fulsome praise, the note was at its core as much a threat as a compliment.
Being told that one does not look one's age is meant, and is usually taken, as a compliment not an erasure of one's personal history.