complimenting

英 [ˈkɒmplɪmentɪŋ]

美 [ˈkɑːmplɪmentɪŋ]

v.  赞美; 称赞; 钦佩
compliment的现在分词

柯林斯词典

The verb is pronounced /'kɒmplɪment/. The noun is pronounced /'kɒmplɪmənt/. 动词读作 /'kɒmplɪment/。名词读作 /'kɒmplɪmənt/。


• N-COUNT 赞美;恭维(话)
  Acomplimentis a polite remark that you say to someone to show that you like their appearance, appreciate their qualities, or approve of what they have done.
  1. You can do no harm by paying a woman compliments...
     对女人说些恭维话没有坏处。
  2. 'Well done, Cassandra,' Crook said. She blushed, but accepted the compliment with good grace.
     “干得好，卡桑德拉。”克鲁克说。她脸一下子红了，但还是很有风度地接受了恭维。
• VERB 赞美;恭维
  If youcomplimentsomeone, you pay them a compliment.
  1. They complimented me on the way I looked each time they saw me...
     每次见到我，他们都称赞我的外貌。
  2. Firstly I compliment you on most of your excellent Spring issue of 'Triangle'.
     首先，让我来夸几句，你们《三角迷踪》春季号的大部分内容都非常精彩。
• N-COUNT 赞美;赞赏
  If you consider something that a person says or does as acompliment, it convinces you of your own good qualities, or that the person appreciates you.
  1. We consider it a compliment to be called 'conservative'...
     我们认为被称作“保守分子”是对我们的一种赞赏。
  2. It's obvious he's worried about us and I'm taking it as a compliment.
     显然他担心我们，我把这当做一种赞美。
• N-PLURAL 致谢;祝贺;致意
  You can refer to yourcomplimentswhen you want to express thanks, good wishes, or respect to someone in a formal way.
  1. My compliments to the chef...
     请向厨师代为致意！
  2. Give my compliments to your lovely wife when you write home.
     写信回家的时候，代我问候你可爱的妻子。
• PHRASE 回报;回敬
  If you say that someonereturns the compliment, you mean that they do the same thing to someone else as that person has done to them.
  1. The actors have entertained us so splendidly during this weekend, I think it's time we returned the compliment.
     这周末演员们给我们带来了精彩的演出，我觉得我们该回请他们了。
• PHRASE (尤指赠送礼物或给予帮助时)…敬赠，请接受…的敬意
  If you say that you are giving someone somethingwithyourcompliments, you are saying in a polite and fairly formal way that you are giving it to them, especially as a gift or a favour.
  1. Please give this to your boss with my compliments...
     请把这个给你的老板，算是我的一点心意。
  2. On my bedside table awaited, with the compliments of the management, an appetizing breakfast.
     一份让人垂涎的早餐摆在我的床头桌上，那是管理人员的一点小意思。

双语例句

• Douglas, himself, alluded to the Oscar generation gap in complimenting Hathaway on her looks.
  道格拉斯在称赞海瑟薇的美貌时，影射奥斯卡的代沟。
• The easiest, quickest way to get someone to like you almost instantly is by complimenting them.
  让别人喜欢你最简单最快捷的方法莫过于夸赞她们。
• Now the female MC is complimenting his smile, he's visibly squirming.
  现在女性的MC正在称赞他的微笑，他正在看得见地蠕动。
• Avoid complimenting a woman too much.
  不要赞美她太多。
• From my fluent first impressions, people were complimenting me on how natural my Portuguese was, even though I had only greeted them, introduced myself and used a few ice breaking techniques.
  从我给人们留下流利的第一印象可以看出，虽然我只是用了几个简单的问好，自我介绍和打破尴尬气氛的技巧，人们还是恭维我，说我的葡萄牙语好。
• I'm afraid that if I am complimenting someone else you will think that I dislike you and that is not the case at all.
  我害怕，如果我恭维其他人，你会认为我不喜欢你，完全不是这么回事。
• Or you take the sucking-up route and make yourself charming by complimenting him and generally being chummy.
  你也可以选择拍马屁的路线，通过奉承老板，跟老板套近乎，增加自己的魅力。
• Here are a few magazine articles complimenting our products.
  这是些称赞我们产品的杂志文章。
• Edgar, of course, is complimenting himself, saying his wife is very intelligent because she married him even though he doesn't have a lot of money.
  埃德加说他妻子有智慧当然也是在表扬自己，因为虽然他没钱她还是嫁给他了。
• They are complimenting you.
  他们是在恭维你。