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单词 meekly
释义
meekly
adverb
uk
/ˈmiː.kli/us
/ˈmiː.kli/
in aquiet,gentleway and withoutarguingorexpressingyouropinions:
温顺地；谦和地
He meeklyacceptedthearrangement.他顺从地接受了这个安排。
"Yes, Mummy," Abbyagreedmeekly.“好的，妈妈”，艾比温顺地同意了。
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  • At last one of them meeklyraisedhishandandsteppedforward.
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(Definition ofmeeklyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmeekly

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The good news is that this state of affairs is not beingmeeklyaccepted.
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It also contradicts the conventional wisdom that labour and production investors in these countries aremeeklyobedient and have no bargaining strength.
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These are, however counterbalanced by feminine rituals meant to reduce the husband, through occult means, to the position of a bleating sheepmeeklyobeying the wife.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It is inconceivable that the free peoples wouldmeeklysurrender their liberties without a fight, whatever the consequences.
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We certainly shall be ignored so long as we allmeeklysit around smiling and submitting to this kind of treatment.
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It is scandalous that we someeklysurrender our own stance on self-expression.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It is a bit muchmeeklyto say at this late stage that objection has been withdrawn.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
We have accepted toomeeklyand for too long the rulings of people who said that we were out of order.
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We acceptmeeklythe accusation that some of our categories of need are, by her standards, far too wide.
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To accept itmeeklynow might easily encourage our opponents to add something very much more unpleasant soon.
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Would we have acquiescedmeeklyor would we have resisted stoutly?
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He dodged answering it on both occasions bymeeklysaying that he could only speak for himself.
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Before we fallmeeklyinto line and accept that somehow we are anachronistic, we should remember that our electoral system is our most successful export.
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I accept that some issues may have to be looked into, but must wemeeklyaccept the situation?
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Unless the more fortunate members of the community set an example, you cannot expect others to acceptmeeklya reduction in their wages.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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