compliment

UK:  ['kɒmplɪmənt]

US:  ['kɑmplɪmənt]

复数：compliments  过去分词：complimented  现在分词：complimenting  

n.

1.夸,夸奖,赞美,赞扬,赞赏,称赞

2.恭维话,赞辞;敬意,礼仪

3.恭维,奉承;殷勤

4.客套话,嘉许的话,溢美之词,赞扬的话语

5.赞成之词;敬意

6.〔古、美〕礼物,慰劳品

7.礼遇,抬举,敬重的表示

8.道贺,贺词,问候

9.面子;体面事

10.增光

v.

1.恭维,夸奖;祝贺

2.表扬;赞扬;恭维:

3.说恭维话

4.称赞

5.向…问候[致敬]

6.赠呈

1 . At most, an occasional or veiled compliment is all that should be needed to keep someone feeling affirmed.
在大多数，偶尔或隐晦的赞美是所有应需要保持人的感觉肯定。

2 . He returned the compliment with a wide blue smile, dropped his shovel and sat down to talk.
他用一个开怀的笑容回应了地球人，丢掉手中的铁锹，坐下来侃侃而谈。

3 . He HAD this way of smiling at me, this way of tossing a backhanded compliment, letting me know he was proud of me and my achievements.
他有一种习惯的姿势，向我微笑，说一些拐弯抹角的赞扬话，让我知道，他为我和我的成绩感到骄傲。

4 . and my friends often tell me, in a blunt way, "that I trot like a horse; " which, however, I take for a great compliment.
朋友们常常毫不客气地对我说，我走起路来像一匹马，我倒认为这是对我的极大的恭维。

5 . Mr Biden's defence was that he was trying to compliment the immigrant group on its entrepreneurial zeal.
拜登则辩解他是在试图赞扬那些移民群体的创业热情。