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amiableness

/ey-mee-uh-buhl/US // ˈeɪ mi ə bəl //UK // (ˈeɪmɪəbəl) //

和蔼可亲,和气,亲和力,友好

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
    • : friendly; sociable: an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering.
    • : agreeable; willing to accept the wishes, decisions, or suggestions of another or others.
    • : Obsolete. lovable or lovely.

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Examples

  • In these scenes the film is fully in joke mode, poking amiable fun at the cheesy Quebecois-ness of the Dion family, here rechristened Dieu.

  • Bright and amiable, with long brown hair and wraparound shades, Sebastian lived in Santa Rosa Beach and enjoyed the usual Florida-boy fare—swimming, snorkeling, and hanging with his buddies, who nicknamed themselves the Tribe.

  • For the most part, the group is an active, amiable one in which linguaphiles help one another with translator minutia.

  • The article is an amiable part of a special issue on spring travel, but an army of trolls, angry Boulderites, and Front Range truthers took to their devices to rip it to shreds.

  • Coming to America was an amiable modern fairytale, a delightful picture that might have seemed conventional in 1988 but looks better with age.

  • According to owner Argiros, the answer is amiable discretion.

  • Why, they might even switch to amiable, Texas-accented, 77-year-old Schieffer, the television equivalent of comfort food.

  • Moore is famously amiable and social-media savvy, and he takes a gentler and more sophisticated tone than his predecessor.

  • An amiable interviewee, he was more than willing to chat about acting technique, his wide range of screen roles, and much more.

  • A knock at the door interrupted him, and his face resumed its amiable expression.

  • Neantmoins, et nostre abord cette soire, et le lendemain matin nostre descente fut fort amiable et pacifique.

  • He was a manly young fellow, a sportsman and renowned at cricket, and she was amiable and pretty, a little blonde beauty.

  • She was very amiable during the walk back, and raved much over Edna's appearance in her bathing suit.

  • You will do well to send a note to your amiable friend Carr; it may save him a useless journey; for at my table he shall not sit.

  • I felt quite sure that Mr Lockhart would find her, he is such an obliging and amiable man, as well as clever.