Complaisance is the wish — or the habit — of doing what will please other people. You give way, you say yes, you shape yourself around what they want. It can sound polite and kind, but it can also sound too soft: a person full of complaisance may never push back, even when they should.

Complaisance is the wish, or the habit, of doing what will please other people是想要，或說習慣，去做讓別人開心的事。You give way你讓步, you say yes你說好, you shape yourself around what they want你順著別人想要的去調整自己。It can sound polite and kind聽起來可以是有禮貌、體貼的，but it can also sound too soft但也可能顯得太軟弱：a person full of complaisance may never push back一個充滿complaisance的人可能從不反抗，even when they should即使該反抗的時候也一樣。

This is a rare, rather old-fashioned, bookish noun. You will meet it in novels and careful essays more than in speech. People today would more often talk about being eager to please, too agreeable, or always going along.

This is a rare這是個罕見, rather old-fashioned相當過時, bookish noun文謅謅的名詞。You will meet it in novels and careful essays你會在小說和用心寫的文章裡遇到它，more than in speech比在說話裡遇到的機會多。People today would more often talk about being eager to please現在的人比較常說eager to please急著討好，too agreeable或too agreeable太隨和，or always going along或always going along總是跟著別人走。

Though actually, do not let the spelling trick you: this is not complacency. Complacency is being too pleased with yourself. Complaisance is being too ready to please others. They look like cousins, and they do share an old “please” idea, but English split them, and mixing them up changes the whole meaning.

Though actually不過實際上, do not let the spelling trick you別被拼法騙了：this is not complacency這不是complacency。Complacency is being too pleased with yourself complacency是對自己太滿意。Complaisance is being too ready to please others complaisance則是太急著討好別人。They look like cousins它們看起來像親戚，and they do share an old please idea確實也共享一個古老的取悅概念，but English split them但英文把它們分開了，and mixing them up changes the whole meaning搞混的話意思會完全不一樣。