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peaceableness

/pee-suh-buhl/US // ˈpi sə bəl //UK // (ˈpiːsəbəl) //

和平,宁静,平安,安宁

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : inclined or disposed to avoid strife or dissension; not argumentative or hostile: a peaceable person;a peaceable disposition.
    • : peaceful; tranquil: in peaceable periods;a peaceable adjustment of a dispute.

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Examples

  • Most Muslims, like most people everywhere, are peaceable and law-abiding.

  • His peaceable farmsteads may never have existed, but the ideals they appeal to are very much with us.

  • In various passages she is described as peaceable or perfect, and is thus presented as in Covenant.

  • In all other cases the elephant is very peaceable, and is not easily induced to attack human beings.

  • But they were generally peaceable folks, and had a great dread of going to law, especially with one of their own neighbors.

  • He was therefore the favourite candidate of prudent and peaceable men in every country.

  • And Val, in his good-nature, bore the infliction passively so long as she kept civil and peaceable.