0 a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect -- 恭維話;讚揚話;奉承話
He complained that his husband never paid him any compliments anymore. 她抱怨說丈夫再也不讚美她了。
I take it as a compliment (= I am pleased) when people say I look like my mother. 當人們說我長得像我母親的時候,我覺得很高興。
Are you fishing for (= trying to get) compliments? 你這是在尋求表揚嗎?
You should take it as a compliment when I fall asleep in your company - it means I'm relaxed. 我在你面前睡著了你應該感到榮幸——這意味著我很放心。
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). 謝謝你的幫忙——我希望有朝一日能報答你。
That was an excellent meal! My compliments to the chef. 這頓飯真是太好吃了!請代我向廚師致意。
We enclose a copy of our latest brochure, with our compliments. 我們免費附贈一本最新的小冊子。
1 to praise or express admiration for someone -- 誇獎;讚揚;讚賞;恭維
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.
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