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humane

/hyoo-meyn or, often, yoo-/US // hyuˈmeɪn or, often, yu- //UK // (hjuːˈmeɪn) //

人道的,人道,仁慈的,仁慈

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
    • : acting in a manner that causes the least harm to people or animals: humane trapping of stray pets.
    • : of or relating to humanistic studies.

Synonyms & Antonyms

adj.kind, compassionate
Synonyms
approachable平易近人,平易近人的,可接近的,平易近人的人benevolent仁慈的,仁爱,仁慈,仁义considerate周到的,周到,周全的,周全cordial亲切的,友好的,亲切,诚挚的democratic民主的,民主,民主化,民主政治forgiving宽容的,宽容,宽厚的,宽恕的friendly友好的,友好,友善的,友善generous慷慨的,慷慨大方,慷慨,慷慨解囊gentle温文尔雅,温柔,温和,温柔的gracious慈祥的,煦煦,慈祥,慈悲为怀humanitarian人道主义,人道主义者,人道主义的,人道主义者的merciful仁慈的,慈悲的,慈祥的,慈悲为怀open-minded开明的,开明,豁达,豁达的sympathetic具有同情心的,有同情心的,具有同情心,有同情心tolerant宽容的,容忍的,容忍,宽容unselfish无私,无私奉献,无私的,大公无私accommodating容纳,容忍,容忍的,容纳性altruistic利他主义,无私奉献,利他主义的,无私的amiable和蔼可亲,和蔼可亲的,和蔼的,亲切benign良性,良性的benignant良性的,良性broad-minded心胸宽广,心胸开阔,心胸宽广的人,襟怀宽广charitable慈善事业,慈善的,慈善,慈善机构clement洁具,洁丽雅,洁丽华,洁莉雅forbearing担当,担当的,担当重任,担当者genial和蔼可亲的,和蔼可亲,和蔼的,和煦的good很好,不错,好,好的good-natured心地善良,心地善良的,温和的,善良的helpful有帮助的,有用的,有益的,有助于human人类,人,人的,人性indulgent放任自流,放纵的,放纵,放任kindhearted慈眉善目,慈祥的人,慈祥的,慈祥kindly慈祥的,仁慈的,和蔼可亲,慈祥地lenient宽松的,宽松,宽大的,宽大liberal自由主义者,自由派,开放的,自由的magnanimous宽宏大度,宽宏大量的,宽宏大量,宽宏大度的mild温和的,温和,轻度,平和的natural自然,自然的,天然的,天然obliging有义务,义务,有义务的,有责任心的philanthropic慈善事业,公益事业,慈善,公益pitying怜悯,恻隐之心,怜悯之心,哀怜righteous公正的,正义的,正义,公正tender嫩,嫩的,嫩芽,嫩模tenderhearted柔情的,柔情似水,温柔的,温柔的心understanding理解,了解,理解力,了解情况warmhearted热心肠的人,热心的,热心肠的,热心肠
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Examples

  • She also has taken a new approach to some nonviolent offenses that she said would not only be more humane, but would free resources for fighting violent crimes.

  • Pandemic prevention aside, the use of this kind of vaccine could also provide more humane control of rabies, because culling bats is currently the go-to method of keeping the disease at bay in South America.

  • Despite all these efforts, questions remain as to whether biotech can ever dramatically reduce the industry’s emissions or afford humane treatment to captive animals in resource-intensive operations.

  • “I want to see people unify, regardless of differences, to win a humane balance for these otherwise voiceless souls,” said Maitely Weismann, who formed the group.

  • This solution is fair, it’s humane and most important, it will provide all schools with the funds they need to open safely in the fall.

  • The change is an unalloyed good: It makes us more humane and our relationships more real.

  • That is why I believe that you feel the value of this ethical and humane togetherness.

  • “We have to be humane and we care about our patients but we are also not a prison,” the anonymous doctor said.

  • And into the fray comes a weapon I never thought would have been legal, let alone humane—something called Knee Defender.

  • It is framed, rightly so, as a painful act done in the service of being as humane and respectful as possible.

  • But the rebels, presumably interpreting his humane suggestion as a sign of weakness, continued to fire on the Spanish troops.

  • There were semi-savage native chiefs, and there were others, like Aguinaldo himself, with humane instincts.

  • But this is not a humane and civilised nation, and never will be while it accepts Christianity as its religion.

  • It was a good and humane action to prevent bloodshed, but the world is not always worthy of good actions.

  • But would it not be more humane and more charitable to foresee the misery and to prevent the poor from increasing?