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benign

/bih-nahyn/US // bɪˈnaɪn //UK // (bɪˈnaɪn) //

良性,良性的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a kindly disposition; gracious: a benign king.
    • : showing or expressive of gentleness or kindness: a benign smile.
    • : favorable; propitious: a series of benign omens and configurations in the heavens.
    • : salubrious; healthful; pleasant or beneficial.
    • : Pathology. not malignant; self-limiting.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.kindly

Examples

  • It is possible that life may have gained a foothold, given the evidence that the planet once had a much more benign environment.

  • My two personal oncology physicians were the ones who advised a conservative strategy of monitoring those nodules in my neck, which could prove to be benign.

  • As the election approaches, the building trend of employee activism against employers seems to be taking a benign turn—but don’t imagine that America’s employers and workers are now united in peace and love.

  • These other ingredients, which are combined with the therapeutic one, are often sourced from around the world before landing in your medicine cabinet and are not always benign.

  • Sometimes doctors inject patients with benign chemicals that enhance the contrast visible in the image.

  • I always saw the horrific side of this seemingly benign environment.

  • Unstoppable or not, John H has seen little in his 38 years to persuade him progress is benign.

  • It is not some benign magical sleep as shown on TV, where people wake up a year later and are instantly back to normal.

  • Eric lobbies for an industry of benign usefulness, non-partisan in nature, and over which no cloud of serious controversy looms.

  • To use a relatively benign example, they are to the Pentagon what Silicon Valley startups were to Eastman Kodak.

  • Benign respdit pater ipse Membertou neophytos se esse, verum imperarem; in mea potestate esse omnia.

  • Ab eo igitur tpore Patres nostros perhumaniter habuit, atque honorific in omnibus, mensque benign accepit.

  • He surveyed the crowd in the court-room with calm indifference, and seldom glanced at the gray-bearded, benign-looking judge.

  • "No passion, Colombaik," put in the benign Joan, again interrupting the impetuous young man.

  • He looked very benign as he quoted these verses in the pulpit on Sunday morning, with a half smile, as of pleased meditation.