Return the compliment
投桃报李,回报
🧩 词语组成解析
the
[ðə]
art. 指已提到的人（物）;指说话人与听者已知的人（物）;用于独一无二的事物前;与形容词最高级和序数词连用;
compliment
['kɑmpləmənt]
n. 恭维;敬意;道贺，贺词;致意;
vt. 向…道贺;称赞;向…致意;
com全部+pli满，填满+ment名词后缀→[让人]+分满足→恭维[别人]
🗣️ 情景例句
It was a wonderful meal, Mrs. Stewart.
真是一顿精美的晚餐 Stewart太太。
When could we typically expect delivery?
我们希望常规的发货时间是什么时候呢？
No, more, about 130 years ago. Most of the slave owners were rich farmers who lived in the south. They wanted to keep their slaves.
不，还要早，大约130年前。大多数奴隶主都是住在南方的富有的农场主。他们想保留自己的奴隶。