deferential meaning in Chinese
adj.
表示敬意的,谦让的,谦逊的,恭敬的。
Examples
- I am deferential and respectful in the presence of artists .
我一向恭敬、尊重艺术家。 - The oppressive sense of the harm she had done led tess to be more deferential than she might otherwise have been to the maternal wish .
苔丝以为漏子都是自己捅的,这种看法老压在她的心头,因此使她对于她妈的愿望,比起没有前面那种情况的时候,尊重得多。 - He is deferential to his superiors
他对他的长官是恭敬的。 - Presently she paced slowly off through the crowd of deeply deferential little women
随后,她慢吞吞地从对她毕恭毕敬的小娘儿们中间走出去。