| 单词 | amiable |
| 释义 | ami·a·ble 1. archaic < how amiable are thy tabernacles — Ps 84:1 (Authorized Version) > 2. a. obsolete < lay an amiable siege to the honesty of this Ford's wife — Shakespeare > b. < he has no improper pride. He is perfectly amiable — Jane Austen > c. < an amiable friend > < an amiable gathering > d. < an amiable character > < so amiable a virtue as moral honesty — Laurence Sterne > e. < a genial comic swagger … very amiable to behold — Hilaire Belloc > Synonyms: < an amiable neighborhood character > < the women … seemed to find a great deal of time for amiable empty gabbling — Edna Ferber > < their manners were more engaging, their tempers more amiable — T.B.Macaulay > < he considered a passive attitude in love more feminine and preferred an amiable softness to a tragic intensity — Ellen Glasgow > good-natured suggests a good-humored willingness to help or cooperate, sometimes an undue compliance < the crowd was good-natured and civil … all seemed desirous to welcome me with every sign of pleasure — C.B.Nordhoff & J.N.Hall > < “If you're sick of the job, I'll take her off your hands”, said the good-natured Fred — Anthony Trollope > < when he is good-natured … he will often pay her more than he is legally obliged to — G.B.Shaw > obliging suggests ready accommodation of others' wishes, usually with civility or friendliness < Dr. Armstrong, whose name the obliging young lady at the office allowed me to read upon the counterfoil of Staunton's urgent message — A. Conan Doyle > < he always had the courtesy to answer me, for he was a most obliging fellow — Agnes N. Keith > complaisant, less common than the others, suggests courteous amiability and willingness to accede, sometimes because of a weak lack of resistance < even if Mrs. Smith had been complaisant, Andrew's plan could not have been carried out — Margaret Deland > < her importunity prevailed with me and I am extremely glad I was so complaisant — Mary W. Montagu > |
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