0 a remark that expresses approval, admiration, or respect -- 恭維話；讚揚話；奉承話
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。
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。
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。
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。
Are you fishing for (= trying to get) compliments? 你這是在尋求表揚嗎？
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。
He complained that his husband never paid him any compliments anymore. 她抱怨說丈夫再也不讚美她了。
1 to praise or express admiration for someone -- 誇獎；讚揚；讚賞；恭維
This is, of course, a compliment to the author's work.
Moreover, she is even a bit self-effacing at the end of the exchange, thus countering the compliment.
However, rather than challenging the political system, the salons complimented it, and became highly ritualized networking opportunities.
The authors and press are to be complimented on the variety of fonts used, generous manipulation of space and attractive use of page design.
Fortunately, she is also a good teacher, and we agreed to develop more animal studies to compliment the human studies.
That is one of the highest compliments one can give a book.
Although compliments such as these can arouse suspicion among high-brow readers, they are not meant as blurbs for the back cover.
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.
