amiable是什么意思，amiable怎么用
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📰 外刊例句
The amiable Ms Ardern was re-elected with a majority in a country where such things are almost unheard of. 和蔼可亲的阿德恩女士以多数票再次当选，这种事在该国几乎闻所未闻。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[adjective] having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
[形容词] 具有或表现出友好和善的态度的
💡 深入解读
从拼写上来看， amiable 是一个与 pliable （易弯的；易摆布的）、 friable （易碎的）以及小站推送过的liable和viable有着相同结尾的单词，几者可以一并联想记忆。从词源上来看， amiable 一词源自拉丁语amicus（朋友、所爱之人），先后经晚期拉丁语amicabilis（友好的）和古法语amiable（友好的、友善的；值得被爱的）于14世纪末进入英语，主要也是用来表示“和蔼可亲的、亲切友好的、令人愉悦的”，常意味着具有或表现出友好、和善、亲切或仁慈等激发人们喜爱的品质的
亲切的语调
an amiable tone
Do you really want to come or are you merely being amiable?你是真的想去呢，还是仅仅应个景？
She had been surprised at how amiable and polite he had seemed. But she didn't know it was only a specious appearance.看到他如此和蔼可亲、彬彬有礼，她非常惊讶。但她并不知道那只是金玉其外。
📚 名著用例
Who has not seen a woman hide the dullness of a stupid husband , or coax the fury of a savage one? We accept this amiable slavishness, and praise a woman for it; we call this pretty treachery truth. 丈夫太愚蠢，做妻子的会想法替他遮掩；丈夫太凶横，做妻子的会甜言蜜语地叫他息怒，这样的情形谁没有见过？我们做男人的看到她们这样低眉顺眼，便大加赞扬，把这种粉饰过的伪诈称作忠诚。
— 出自《十九世纪英国批判现实主义作家威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackeray）创作的长篇小说《名利场》（ Vanity Fair ）。》
🔍 同近义词
- affable: friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
- amicable: characterized by friendliness and absence of discord
- cordial: warm and friendly
