equable

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Natureequableeq‧ua‧ble /ˈekwəbəl/ adjective 1 formalCALM someone who is equable remains calm and happy and does not often get annoyed a young man with a naturally equable temperament2 technicalDN equable weather is neither too hot nor too cold SYN temperate a place with a pleasant, equable climate —equably adverb She smiled equably.Examples from the Corpusequable• There is now a more equable climate for innovation and investment in new technology.• an equable climate• There are also people of a naturally equable temperament who intuitively understand the need for preparatory mourning and adjust their lives accordingly.• Its distance from the Sun was just right to sustain life, providing the right kind of equable temperatures and flowing water.• Julius seemed a lot less equable than he had been earlier.Origin equable (1500-1600) Latin aequabilis, from aequare; → EQUATE

单词	equable
释义	equable From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Natureequableeq‧ua‧ble /ˈekwəbəl/ adjective 1 formalCALM someone who is equable remains calm and happy and does not often get annoyed a young man with a naturally equable temperament2 technicalDN equable weather is neither too hot nor too cold SYN temperate a place with a pleasant, equable climate —equably adverb She smiled equably.Examples from the Corpusequable• There is now a more equable climate for innovation and investment in new technology.• an equable climate• There are also people of a naturally equable temperament who intuitively understand the need for preparatory mourning and adjust their lives accordingly.• Its distance from the Sun was just right to sustain life, providing the right kind of equable temperatures and flowing water.• Julius seemed a lot less equable than he had been earlier.Origin equable (1500-1600) Latin aequabilis, from aequare; → EQUATE
随便看	stand out stand out against stand out against something stand out in relief stand out like a sore thumb stand over stand over somebody stand pat stand prepared to do stand prepared/ready to do something stand put up with crap stand ready to do stand somebody (up) on something stand somebody a drink/meal etc stand somebody to stand something on/in etc something stand somewhere doing stand stand fast stand still stand surety stand surety (for somebody) stand surety for stand tall stand to stand to