单词 | likable |
释义 | likable (once / 7342 pages) adj A likable person is agreeable and friendly. It's very easy to be fond of someone who's likable. Every student wants to take a class with the most likable teacher in your school, and your likable acquaintances find it easy to make friends. In books and movies, the characters who are the most sympathetic (and who we tend to root for) are the likable ones. You can spell this adjective with or without an e: likable and likeable are both correct. WORD FAMILYlikable: likably+/dislike: dislikable, disliked, dislikes, disliking/like: dislike, likable, likeable, liked, likely, likeness, likes, likest, liking, unlike/likeable: likeably/likelihood: likelihoods, unlikelihood/likely: likelihood, likeliness, likelys, unlikely/likeness: likenesses/liking: likings/unlike: unlikable, unlikeable, unlikeness/unlikelihood: unlikelihoods/unlikeliness: unlikelinesses/unlikely: unlikeliness/unlikeness: unlikenesses USAGE EXAMPLESIt is impossible to put one’s work and oneself forward to be meaningfully understood and to be uncontroversially likable at the same time? Time(Dec 28, 2016) As seductive as the idea and as likable as its executor are, the anthology is handicapped by two serious problems. Washington Post(Dec 27, 2016) Andrew Dice Clay is flawed, fearful and much more likable in 'Dice' Los Angeles Times(Dec 16, 2016) 1adj easy to like; agreeable an attractive and likable young man Syn likeable liked found pleasant or attractive; often used as a combining form 2adj (of characters in literature or drama) evoking empathic or sympathetic feelings Syn|Ant appealing, likeable, sympathetic unappealing, unlikable, unlikeable, unsympathetic (of characters in literature or drama) tending to evoke antipathetic feelings |
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