| 单词 | peaceable |
| 释义 | peaceable (once / 934 pages) adj Someone or something that is peaceable tends to avoid conflict. A peaceable demonstration would most likely involve lots of protest banners instead of angry rioters. A peaceable group of people finds non-violent ways to resolve disagreements — you could call such a group a peaceable society. This adjective is less common than the closely related peaceful. Both words come from the Old French pais, or "peace," and its Latin root pacem, "treaty of peace" or "absence of war." WORD FAMILYpeaceable: peaceableness, peaceabler, peaceablest, peaceably, unpeaceable+/peace: peaceable, peaceful, peaces/peaceful: peacefuler, peacefulest, peacefully, peacefulness, unpeaceful USAGE EXAMPLESMorton strikes a still grander symphonic-anarchic note in “The Impossible Hunt,” her variation on 19th-century artist Edward Hicks’ painting, “The Peaceable Kingdom.” Seattle Times(Dec 13, 2016) Retaliation could come with cyclonic energy, unstoppable even by peaceable chiefs. Washington Post(Nov 04, 2016) But for the last century, we’ve been relatively peaceable, killing one another off at a rate of just 1.33 percent worldwide. National Geographic(Sep 29, 2016) 1adj inclined or disposed to peace they met in a peaceable spirit Syn peace-loving peaceful not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war 2adj disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature a quiet and peaceable person in a peaceable and orderly manner Syn pacific peaceful not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war 3adj not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war Syn|Ant peaceful nonaggressive, unaggressive not aggressive; not given to fighting or assertiveness amicablecharacterized by friendship and good will halcyonidyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity irenicconducive to peace nonbelligerentnot directly at war pacificdisposed to peace or of a peaceful nature dovish, pacifist, pacifisticopposed to war peace-lovinginclined or disposed to peace quietcharacterized by an absence or near absence of agitation or activity nonviolentabstaining (on principle) from the use of violence unpeaceful not peaceful stormy(especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion hostilecharacterized by enmity or ill will belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warringengaged in war hawkish, militant, warlikedisposed to warfare or hard-line policies stormy, tempestuouscharacterized by violent emotions or behavior unpeaceablenot disposed to peace violentacting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
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