| 单词 | agreeable |
| 释义 | agreeable (once / 122 pages) adj Something that's agreeable is pleasant or gratifying. An agreeable travel companion is someone you get along with and whose company you enjoy. An agreeable day might be sunny and warm, with a gentle breeze, and an agreeable meal is eaten with friends and tastes great. You can also use agreeable to mean "willing to agree," as when your sister is agreeable about loaning you her car for the weekend. In Old French, it was agreable, from agreer, "to please," or "to receive with favor," from the phrase a gré, "favorably," or "to one's liking." WORD FAMILYagreeable: agreeability, agreeableness, agreeabler, agreeablest, agreeably, disagreeable+/agree: agreeable, agreed, agreeed, agreeing, agreement, agrees, disagree/agreeability: agreeabilities/agreeableness: agreeablenesses/agreement: agreements/disagree: disagreed, disagreeing, disagreement, disagrees/disagreeable: disagreeableness, disagreeabler, disagreeablest, disagreeably/disagreeableness: disagreeablenesses/disagreement: disagreements USAGE EXAMPLESI think that’d be a great idea as long as it was agreeable to the incoming president. New York Times(Dec 28, 2016) Mr. Trump and current Congresses might not be so agreeable and instead press ahead, betting that the rest of the world won’t retaliate. Wall Street Journal(Dec 21, 2016) Thus, Suzie’s judgment of how agreeable and conscientious she is correlates only modestly with how agreeable and conscientious her friends think she is. Time(Dec 13, 2016) 1adj conforming to your own liking or feelings or nature Is the plan agreeable to you? he's an agreeable fellow "My idea of an agreeable person...is a person who agrees with me"- Disraeli an agreeable manner Ant disagreeable not to your liking annoying, bothersome, galling, irritating, nettlesome, pesky, pestering, pestiferous, plaguey, plaguy, teasing, vexatious, vexingcausing irritation or annoyance abrasive, harshsharply disagreeable; rigorous nerve-racking, nerve-wracking, stressful, tryingextremely irritating to the nerves unsweetdistasteful 2adj prepared to agree or consent agreeable to the plan Syn accordant being in agreement or harmony; often followed by `with' 3adj in keeping salaries agreeable with current trends Syn accordant, concordant, conformable, consonant consistent (sometimes followed by `with') in agreement or consistent or reliable |
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