Peaceful
['piːsfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['pisfəl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; 'a peaceful nation'; 'peaceful times'; 'a far from peaceful Christmas'; 'peaceful sleep' .
整理:尼古拉斯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Possessing or enjoying peace; not disturbed by war, tumult, agitation, anxiety, or commotion; quiet; tranquil; as, a peaceful time; a peaceful country; a peaceful end.
(a.) Not disposed or tending to war, tumult or agitation; pacific; mild; calm; peaceable; as, peaceful words.
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同義詞及近義詞:
a. [1]. Quiet, calm, still, undisturbed, placid, tranquil, serene.[2]. Mild, gentle, kindly, friendly.
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例句/造句/用法:
- Towards sunset that evening I stood again on the well-remembered terrace, and looked once more at the peaceful old country house. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But Amelia has never forgiven that Smith to this day, though he is now a peaceful apothecary near Leicester Square. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I see the lives for which I lay down my life, peaceful, useful, prosperous and happy, in that England which I shall see no more. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- The streets were yet quiet, and the boulevards were fresh and peaceful as fields. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Black suspicion hides in that peaceful region. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Sissy, though well acquainted with his Royal line, had no personal knowledge of the present Emperor, and his reign was peaceful. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Three more birthdays of little Lucie had been woven by the golden thread into the peaceful tissue of the life of her home. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I want to feel more, what a blessed thing it is to be the wife of a good man, and to lead a peaceful life. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- And, at all events, I have erected one thoroughly happy, peaceful spot,—a modern Eden,—and that is no easy thing to do in this riotous century. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- France put herself absolutely in Bonaparte's hands, and prepared to be peaceful, happy, and glorious. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- And does the churchyard look peaceful? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- She was busy, the end of the day was here, the work went on as a peaceful tide that is at flood, hushed to retire. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- It was as in the old nursery-story, when the stick forgot to beat the dog, and the whole course of events underwent a peaceful and happy revolution. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Hitherto you have led a quiet and peaceful life, but if we do have an island war, I don't think you will be the last to help me defend my kingdom. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- Among birds, the contest is often of a more peaceful character. 查理斯·達爾文. 物種起源.
- His impulse was to return to her side, to fall on his knees, and rest his throbbing head against the peaceful cheek on the pillow. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- I was formed for peaceful happiness. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- In the class-room the last lesson was in progress, peaceful and still. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- So peaceful was her end that it was hours before Clayton could awake to a realization that his wife was dead. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- How vividly that peaceful home-picture of the drawing-room comes back to me while I write! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- We were unprepared for battle, she continued, as we were on a peaceful mission, as our banners and the colors of our craft denoted. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Remain with me till then; wait till you see the cross on St. Sophia; and then return to your peaceful glades. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I was standing, rapt in the peaceful beauty of the scene, when I was aware that something was moving under the shadow of the copper beeches. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- The Kislar Aga has become a peaceful black slave. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- If not, he begs permission to remain in his retirement, surrounded by the peaceful horticultural attractions of a country life. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- For more than twenty years we have led peaceful and useful lives, and we hoped that our past was forever buried. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- The memories which peaceful country scenes call up, are not of this world, nor of its thoughts and hopes. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- He went through this peaceful land with one hand forever on his revolver, and the other on his pocket-handkerchief. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The picture I present to you is peaceful and human, and you must feel that you could deny it only in the wantonness of power and cruelty. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- Where are the digger and the spade, this peaceful night, destined to add the last great secret to the many secrets of the Tulkinghorn existence? 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
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