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tranquility

/trang-kwil-i-tee/US // træŋˈkwɪl ɪ ti //UK // (træŋˈkwɪlɪtɪ) //

安宁,宁静,安定,安详

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : quality or state of being tranquil; calmness; peacefulness; quiet; serenity.

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Examples

  • But relative to centuries past, America is a marvel of domestic tranquility.

  • But the illusions of peace and tranquility soon crumble around them like a patch of freshly laid snow.

  • The waiting room is ill-kempt, but inside its institutional blue and white walls, there is a surprising sense of tranquility.

  • “It gives me tranquility,” said Batya Katzir, another Ashdod resident.

  • So it was something that would symbolize some tranquility, peace—anything that would give it a good energy.

  • In your last letter you ask whether your remaining at Bath is necessary to my tranquility.

  • The public tranquility had not been disturbed, when armed peasants introduced themselves.

  • Who was this mysterious correspondent that dared to disturb the tranquility of his retreat?

  • He did so with the greatest tranquility, as if the objection was the most insignificant affair in the world.

  • I am obliged to write in haste, and very imperfectly, a work which requires the leisure and tranquility I do not enjoy.