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- acquiesce (in/to something)
to accept something without arguing, even if you do not really agree with it 默然接受；默认；默许；顺从 Senior government figures must have acquiesced in the cover-up. 政府高级官员必然已经默许掩盖真相。 🔊🔊 She explained her plan and reluctantly he acquiesced. 她解释了她的计划，他无奈默然接受。
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from Latin acquiescere, from ad- ‘to, at’ + quiescere ‘to rest’.