| 单词 | peaceful |
| 释义 | peaceful (once / 214 pages) adj Peaceful describes something calm and tranquil, not at war. The ocean seems peaceful when the waves lap gently at your feet, and a country can be peaceful when it's not fighting anyone. Peace comes from the Latin word pax meaning, "tranquility, absence of war." Add the suffix ful which means — you guessed it — "full" and you have something full of peace, like a protest where nobody gets hurt. It refers to being passive, committed to nonviolence, like Martin Luther King Jr.'s peaceful protests during the Civil Rights Movement. It's also the mellowness that inspired the Eagles to sing, "I got a peaceful, easy feeling that you won't let me down." WORD FAMILYpeaceful: peacefuler, peacefulest, peacefully, peacefulness, unpeaceful+/peace: peaceable, peaceful, peaces/peaceable: peaceableness, peaceabler, peaceablest, peaceably, unpeaceable USAGE EXAMPLESMany wished each other not only a happy, but also a peaceful 2017. Time(Jan 01, 2017) He said China in 2016 upheld its peaceful development while resolutely defending its territorial sovereignty and maritime rights. Seattle Times(Dec 31, 2016) Though both countries are nominally peaceful democracies, political feuds and ethnic and religious discrimination are widely cited as factors motivating some citizens to flee. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war a peaceful nation peaceful times a far from peaceful Christmas peaceful sleep Syn|Ant peaceable 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 pacific, peaceabledisposed to peace or of a peaceful nature dovish, pacifist, pacifisticopposed to war peace-loving, peaceableinclined 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 2adj peacefully resistant in response to injustice Syn passive nonviolent abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence |
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