Peaceable
['piːsəb(ə)l] or ['pisəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) inclined or disposed to peace; 'they met in a peaceable spirit'; 'peace-loving citizens' .
雨果錄入--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome.
奥布里校對
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Peaceful, pacific, free from war.[2]. Gentle, mild, amicable, friendly, disposed to peace, not quarrelsome.[3]. Quiet, tranquil, placid, unmoved, undisturbed, serene.
贝蒂整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:unwarlike, inoffensive, quiet, peaceful, innocuous, mild, unquarrelsome,serene, placid
ANT:Pugnacious, warlike, litigious, quarrelsome, savage, fierce, hostile, violent,bellicose, restless
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例句/造句/用法:
- Legree, in a fury, swore she should be put to field service, if she would not be peaceable. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Induced by these feelings, I was of course led to admire peaceable law-givers, Numa, Solon, and Lycurgus, in preference to Romulus and Theseus. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- He says the convicts work well, and are quiet and peaceable. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- So he knuckled down, again to use his own phrase, and sent old Hulker with peaceable overtures to Osborne. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- He made me submit; he made me be peaceable; he flattered me with hopes that, perhaps, he would buy them back; and so things went on, a week or two. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- So the dogs remain in peaceable possession of the streets. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- One hundred and forty peaceable Indians yet remain in this government. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- A temporary separation between husband and wife is the one peaceable solution of this difficulty. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Quiet and peaceable in his disposition, he hoped, by unremitting diligence, to avert from himself at least a portion of the evils of his condition. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- A pot of beer had appeared from the Jolly Bargemen, and they were sharing it by turns in a peaceable manner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
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