| 单词 | peaceable |
| 释义 | Word family noun peace peacefulness pacifier pacifism pacifist adjective peaceful peaceable pacifist verb pacify adverb peacefully peaceably peace·a·ble /ˈpiːsəbəl/ adjective literary 1 AGREEsomeone who is peaceable does not like fighting or arguing 不爱打斗[争吵]的，温和的，和气的 → pacifist OPP violent, aggressive He’s always been a very peaceable man. 他一直是个很温和的人。2 CALMa peaceable situation or way of doing something is calm, without any violence or fighting 太平的，和平的 We are now hoping for a peaceable end to this dispute. 我们现在希望这次争端最终可以得到和解。 —peaceably adverb The two communities live together quite peaceably. 这两个社区和平相处。Examples from the Corpuspeaceable• A peaceable and orderly crowd staged a protest outside city hall.• Nor is there any question in this case that their behavior is peaceable and orderly.• Until the 1970s primatologists were busy confirming our prejudices about peaceable apes living in nonviolent societies.• They were peaceable, but none the less enforced clearances.• The Fermanagh Armstrongs seemed peaceable enough.• a peaceable kingdom• So I led a peaceable life, isolated from the intermittent scientific squabbles over who had first rights to which animals.• An eagle looking down from above implies a threat whereas a heron flying from A to B suggests a more peaceable purpose.peace·a·ble adjectiveChineseSyllable who not does someone like fighting Corpus is peaceable or |
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