deferential to的意思|示意

Several of the men interviewed say that the fighters were extremely deferential to the apparent leader on site, a portly, bespectacled man who was referred to as either the "sheikh" or the "doctor.

一些接受采访的人说，这些战士对现场的一位显然是领导的人极为恭敬，他们称这个身村魅梧的戴眼镜男子为“酋长”或“医生”。

She is always extremely deferential to anyone in authority.

她对任何权威人士总是必恭必敬。

The Chinese part of the firm, beset by deeply hierarchical and deferential behaviour, needs to get people to talk more openly to each other—even if that means confronting a superior.

联想在中国国内受困于根深蒂固的层级观念与服从上级的行为模式，这里需要广开言路，即使这意味着顶撞上级。

This step may sound overly deferential, but it's a smart way to give the powerful person psychological safety and control.

这一步听起来可能过于顺从，但这是给强势者心理安全感和控制力的聪明方法。

As someone who came up through the ranks of the often hidebound and highly deferential corporate world, I am glad to say good riddance to much of the old office culture.

作为从往往守旧并对上高度恭敬的企业界爬上来的人，我很高兴地终于可以向许多陈旧的办公室文化说再见了。

Defensive, deferential and discreet, Fitzgerald included in "the Habit of Being" none of the letters Flannery wrote to her mother in her brief, healthy time up north.

戒备、恭敬和审慎，菲茨杰拉德在《生存的习惯》这本书简集中包含的书信没有一封是弗兰纳里在北上简短而健康的时间写给母亲的。