They used to be polite and deferential.

以前他们都是态度端正 客气恭敬的呀。

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。

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。

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

“，马克先生，，”他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。

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 made a point of being deferential to men's opinions, whether they were guided by them or not.

她们自始自终对男人的意见表现得毕恭毕敬，而不管是否真正听他们的。

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”。

" 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，从她儿得到一个毕恭毕敬的微笑。

Over his ivory-inlaid table, Ahab presided like a mute, maned sea-lion on the white coral beach, surrounded by his war-like but still deferential cubs.

亚哈坐在他只镶着牙骨的饭桌上首, 有如一只坐在雪白的珊瑚坝上的默默的。

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。