Genial
['dʒiːnɪəl] or ['dʒinɪəl]
解釋/意思:
(a.) Same as Genian.
(a.) Contributing to, or concerned in, propagation or production; generative; procreative; productive.
(a.) Contributing to, and sympathizing with, the enjoyment of life; sympathetically cheerful and cheering; jovial and inspiring joy or happiness; exciting pleasure and sympathy; enlivening; kindly; as, she was of a cheerful and genial disposition.
(a.) Belonging to one's genius or natural character; native; natural; inborn.
(a.) Denoting or marked with genius; belonging to the higher nature.
校對:罗尼
同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Fostering, cheering, enlivening, inspiriting, encouraging.[2]. Cordial, hearty.[3]. Cheerful, pleasant, merry, mirthful, jovial.
克雷格編輯
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Warm, cordial, balmy, cheering, merry, festive, joyous, nearly, revivifying,restorative
ANT:Cold, cutting, harsh, deleterious, noxious, deadly, blighting, destructive,ungenial, lethal
錄入:里基
解釋/意思:
adj. of or pertaining to the chin.
adj. pertaining to generation producing: cheering: kindly: sympathetic: healthful.—v.t. Gē′nialise to impart geniality to.—ns. Genial′ity Gē′nialness.—adv. Gē′nially.
整理:梅尔巴
例句/造句/用法:
- He lost the genial suavity of manner which is one of his greatest charMs. A noble indignation inspired his reply. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He does not flatter women, but he is patient with them, and he seems to be easy in their presence, and to find their company genial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- It seemed natural: it seemed genial to be so well loved, so caressed by him. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- No, no, a more genial atmosphere, a lovelier habitation was surely hers! 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- We met other families on the Long Walk, enjoying like ourselves the return of the genial season. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- His eyes are large, and grave, and gray; their expression is intent and meditative, rather searching than soft, rather thoughtful than genial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- A kind of pleasant stupor was stealing over me as I sat by the genial fire. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- I also had the pleasure of his genial company at the boarding-house about a mile distant, but at the sacrifice of some apparatus. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- It is rare, I think, that the fraud is so genial and so deliberate. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- He received us in his quietly genial fashion, ordered fresh rashers and eggs, and joined us in a hearty meal. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- He was in a genial humor, and played the violin for me for about two hours--$2000 worth. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Poverty was the cloud that veiled her excellencies, and all that was good in her seemed about to perish from want of the genial dew of affection. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- A more hopeful man might imagine that a closer and more genial intercourse between classes might do away with strikes. 伊莉莎白·蓋斯凱爾. 南方與北方.
- I wrung the brine from my hair; and the rays of the risen sun soon visited me with genial warmth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- The few words he had spoken to her were comforting; his manner on bidding her good-night was genial. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I believe it was an inspiration rather than a temptation: it was very genial, very soothing--I know that. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- One fine February day, when the sun had reassumed some of its genial power, I walked in the forest with my family. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Well, you must make the attempt at all events, said Carriston, with a genial laugh; it is the only cure for your disease. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Mr. Moore, while enjoying the genial glow, kept his eyes directed towards the glittering brasses on the shelf above. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Yet Fifine liked this doubtful smile, and thought the owner genial: much as he had hurt her, she held out her hand to bid him a friendly good-night. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Responding to its force, thousands of little incandescent threads leap into radiant brightness and shed their mellow and genial light in our offices, our stores, hotels, and homes. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- I can see that you have not slept for a night or two, said Holmes, in his easy, genial way. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The course terminated, and Mr. Pumblechook had begun to beam under the genial influence of gin and water. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- These gatherings are notoriously untruthful--in fact, there is a genial pleasure in not telling the truth about one's salad days in the socialist movement. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Do not think that this genial flame sustained itself, or lived wholly on a bequeathed hope or a parting promise. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The doctor could not help laughing at the sort of moue she made: when he laughed, he had something peculiarly good-natured and genial in his look. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- It was like the supper of an ordinary Swiss hotel, and good red wine grown by the convent in more genial air was not wanting. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Who, incautiously saying in his genial manner, 'Well, Sally, there you are! 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- There's some truth in that, said Mr. Standish, disposed to be genial. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
整理:梅尔巴