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com·plai·sance /kəmˈpleɪzəns/ noun [uncountable] formal WILLINGwillingness to do what pleases other people 讨好,殷勤 —complaisant adjective —complaisantly adverbExamples from the Corpuscomplaisance• If consensus breeds academic complaisance, chaos does the opposite.• There was a sort of uneasy complaisance in their relationship now.Origin complaisance (1600-1700) French complaire “to do what someone wants”, from Latin complacere; → COMPLACENTcom·plai·sance nounChineseSyllable Corpus what pleases other do to people willingness |