A doctor like her father, she is strong-willed but deferential.

和她父亲一样，她是位医生，意志坚强却又谦恭。

" Delighted, Mr. Marx, delighted." His boom was deferential.

“很高兴，马克思先生，很高兴，”他那轰响的嗓子透着尊敬。

He was surrounded by deferential students and learned colleagues.

他被恭敬的学生和博学的同事包围着。

On the other hand, girls learn to be deferential, and anger is incompatible with deference.

在另一方面，女孩要学会毕恭毕敬，但愤怒与恭敬并不兼容。

They both seemed at pains to be polite and deferential.

看起来两人都尽力在保持礼貌和敬意。

They morph into a flat version of themselves, deferential and sweet.

她们的形象变得扁平，恭敬、柔顺。

No one wants to be deferential anymore.

没有人愿意再恭顺了。

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

这一步看似过于顺从，但它是能让权势人物感到心理安全、拥有掌控权的明智之举。

We have a system that is excessively deferential to people with money.

我们的制度对有钱人过于恭敬。

So say, like, we're not just gonna be deferential to authorities.

彼得：这么说吧，我们不仅仅要恭敬当局。

He stood in a deeply deferential attitude, with his eyes on her face.

他以一种深深的恭敬态度站着， 眼睛盯着她的脸。

Maura says, however, that being deferential " has its place, " meaning sometimes it's okay.

然而，莫拉说，恭敬“有它的位置”，意思是有时候这没关系。

We're not just gonna be deferential to the received wisdom of the courts.

我们不仅仅要尊重法院公认的智慧。

She says, " Being unassuming and deferential has its place, but not if we seem meek."

她说，“谦逊和恭顺有它的用武之地， 但如果我们看起来温顺就不行了。

" You like silk sheets and bells to ring and the butler to come with his deferential smile" .

“你喜欢丝绸床单和铃铛响起， 管家带着恭敬的微笑而来” 。

Being unassuming and deferential has its place, but not if we seem meek.

Maura：谦逊和恭顺有它的位置，但如果我们看起来很温顺就不行。

My parents keep busy with small tasks in my room, and become uncharacteristically deferential in the face of the doctors.

我的父母一直忙于我房间里的小事，在医生面前变得一反常态地恭顺。

" Charming, charming, " murmured the Director and, giving her two or three little pats, received in exchange a rather deferential smile for himself.

“迷人，迷人。”主任喃喃地说，轻轻地拍了她两三下，从她那儿得到一个毕恭毕敬的微笑。

Smith said BBC’s culture was “deeply deferential, ” and the staff were “reluctant to speak to managers about complaints, ” reported Radio New Zealand.

所谓“BBC的文化氛围”是指“绝对恭敬顺从”，工作人员都“不愿将投诉呈给上级”。

They all loved her but they thought her the sweetest, most pliable of young women, deferential to her elders and without any opinions of her own.

她们都很喜欢她，但是她们都认为她是一个最温柔最随和的女人，尊敬长辈，从来不谈个人的看法。