1·"In a way," said Smee, "it's sort of a compliment."
“在某种程度上，”斯迈说，“这算是一种恭维。”
2·They gave me a backhanded compliment when they said I was smart for a girl.
他们说我是一个聪明的女生，其实是一句言不由衷的恭维话。
3·But when critics compare him to Silvio Berlusconi of Italy, they do not mean it as a compliment.
但评论家把他与意大利的西尔维奥·贝鲁斯科尼相提并论时，则并不意味着是一个恭维。
4·They'd always compliment us on what a great school we attended and why we had our future by the tail.
它们总是恭维我们说我们就读的学校如此的好，我们已经把握住了自己的未来。
5·An elderly patient paid me a wonderful compliment.
一个老病友给了我一个奇妙的恭维。
1·'You were both wonderful!' 'So were you!' we said, returning the compliment.
“你们俩太棒了！”“你也一样啊！”我们也称赞道。
—— 《牛津词典》
2·Why do many people usually not compliment Parker on his achievement?
为什么很多人都不称赞帕克的成就呢？
3·Whenever my girlfriend comes back from the salon, I always compliment her hair.
每当我的女朋友从美容院回来，我都会称赞她的头发。
4·If you grew up with harsh criticism and ridicule and impatience, then be sure to compliment, love, and exercise patience with your children.
如果你在苛刻的批评、嘲笑和焦躁下成长，那么一定要称赞、疼爱并耐心地对待你的孩子。
5·When did you last pay them a compliment?
最后一次称赞他们是什么时候了？
1·It was a high compliment to Peter that at that dire moment their thoughts turned to him.
他们在那个可怕的时刻想起了彼得，这对他来说是一种高度的赞扬。
2·If you hear her engaged in a tough situation, compliment the way she handled it.
如果你听到她状态不好的一些保证，以她能接受的方式赞扬她。
3·I took it as a compliment that he could relax under the spell of my playing.
我把这看作是一种赞扬：他能在我美妙的演奏中放松。
4·I thought smart was a compliment.
我觉得聪明是一种赞扬。
5·Of course my name is going to come up with his name. You look at that as a compliment.
当然我的名字跟他的出现在一起，你会认为这是一个赞扬。
1·The boss even paid the ultimate compliment to van der Sar by saying he could not pick the superior stopper between him and Schmeichel.
老板对他也不吝赞美之词，认为没人能跟他和舒梅切尔一样优秀。
2·There can be no finer compliment to Argentina skipper Lionel Messi, who was so influential in his team's path to the Final.
再没有更加贴切的赞美之词来形容阿根廷队的队长梅西了，他在球队挺进总决赛的道路上起了至关重要的作用。
1·Compliment and compliment responses, as a common and a positive pragmatic speech behavior, are widely used in thanks, apologies, greeting, and opening a conversation, etc.
恭维语，作为一种普遍的、积极的语言现象，被广泛运用于致谢、道歉、问候、以及引出话题，等等。
2·Therefore, compliments and compliment responses, an important and meaningful part in pragmatics, receive much emphasis of research.
恭维语应答，作为语用学领域一个重要而富有意义的话题，而备受关注。
3·Proper compliments and compliment responses can shorten social distances of the interlocutors, contact efficiently, and maintain harmonious personal relationships.
得体的恭维语应答可以缩短交际者之间的社会距离、联络感情、维系社会正常的人际关系。
1·If she complies, give her a qualifier (a qualifier is a compliment that lets her know that she's - at least to some degree - lived up to your standards.)
她要是依从了，就给她一个合格证(一个合格证是一句赞美的话，让她知道自己至少达到了某些标准-达到了你的标准)。
2·Some job seekers mistakenly believe they can build rapport by opening the conversation with a compliment, such as something bland about a family photo, an autographed baseball, the view, etc.
有些求职者错误地认为他们可以通过一些赞美的话来与面试官建立融洽关系，比如对一张家庭合影、一个签名的棒球、或者风景等等大加赞赏一番。