defer是指出于尊重或对他**威、才学或判断的认可而让步：

“Philip . . . had the good sense to defer to the long experience and the wisdom of his father” (William Hickling Prescott). “菲利浦…很明智地在他父亲的丰富经验和智慧面前作出了让步”（威廉姆•希克林•普莱斯哥特）。