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amiable的音标和读音:
DJ音标发音: [ˈeimi:əbəl]
KK音标发音: [ˈemiəbəl]
amiable的词性:
adj.(形容词)
1. Friendly and agreeable in disposition; good-natured and likable.
温柔的:性情友好亲切的;脾气好的,可爱的
2. Cordial; sociable; congenial:
亲切的:热情的;容易交往的;和善的:
an amiable gathering.
一次友好的聚会
amiable的词源:
3. Middle English
中古英语
4. from Old French
源自 古法语
5. from Late Latin amoc3bilis * see amicable
源自 后期拉丁语 amoc3bilis *参见 amicable
amiable的词性:
n.(名词)
amiable的词性:
adv.(副词)
amiable, affable, good-natured, obliging, agreeable, pleasant
6. These adjectives mean willing or showing a willingness to please.
这些形容词的意思是愿意的或表示出亲热的。
7. Amiable implies friendliness:
Amiable 暗指友好的:
“an amiable villain with a cocky, sidelong grin” (Hal Hinson).
“带着一种高傲且目中无人微笑的态度和蔼的恶棍” (哈尔·金森)。
8. Affable especially fits a person who is easy to approach, responsive in conversation, and slow to anger:
Affable 尤其适用于形容一个容易接近,交谈时反映灵敏和不易生气的人:
She is affable enough when she is not preoccupied with business problems.
当她不忙于公事的时候是很容易接近的。
9. Good-natured suggests a tolerant, easygoing disposition; sometimes it also implies a docile nature:
Good-natured 指性情宽厚,容易相处;有时也指性情温顺:
You are too good-natured to resent a little criticism.
你太厚道了,对别人的批评毫不动怒。
10. Obliging specifies willingness or eagerness to be of help to others or indulge their wishes:
Obliging 专门指愿意或渴望帮助别人或满足别人愿望的人:
The obliging waiter was in no hurry for us to pay the bill and leave.
殷勤的服务员并不着急让我们付帐离开。
11. Agreeable suggests being in accord with one's own feelings, nature, or tastes:
Agreeable 表示与某人的感情、性情或爱好和谐一致:
“My idea of an agreeable person . . . is a person who agrees with me” (Benjamin Disraeli).
“我所认为的惹人喜爱的人…是同意我观点的人” (本杰明·狄瑞里)。
12. Pleasant applies broadly to agreeable manner, behavior, or appearance:
Pleasant 明确地用来指令人愉快的举止、行为或外表:
“I couldn't handle it, I didn't enjoy it and it probably didn't make me a pleasant person to be around” (James Caan).
“我对付不了它,我不喜欢它并且它大概也让我成了这里不受欢迎的人” (詹姆斯·凯恩)