【amiable】 - SAT备考词汇

amiable

UK:  ['eɪmiəb(ə)l]

US:  ['eɪmiəb(ə)l]

adj.

1.可爱的,和蔼可亲的,亲切的;温和的

2.温厚;温柔的;和睦的;好说话,不叫人难堪,和蔼可亲的

3.亲切,可爱的;心爱的,讨人喜欢的,使人喜爱的

1 . WE may certainly say of Gracian what Heine by an amiable fiction said of himself: he was one of the first men of his century.
我们可以坦然地引用海涅在他平易近人的小说中形容自己的话来形容葛拉西安：“他是本世纪第一男子。”

2 . John Knightley. 'I have no doubt of his being a most amiable young man.
我想他一定是个十分可爱的青年。

3 . She looked at me with exaggerated patience, as if I were an amiable, if dim, child.
她以夸张的耐心看着我，仿佛我是一个萌萌的、或许还有点儿笨的小朋友。

4 . Had he married a more amiable woman, he might have been made still more respectable than he was.
要是他娶的是一个待人更为亲切一些的女人的话，他就会显得比现在更加有身分一些。

5 . It was enough for her that he appeared to be amiable, that he loved her daughter, and that Elinor returned the partiality.
对她来说，只要爱德华看上去和蔼可亲，对她女儿一片钟情，而埃丽诺反过来又钟情于他，那就足够了。