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单词 peaceable
释义
peaceable
adjective
uk
/ˈpiː.sə.bəl/us
/ˈpiː.sə.bəl/
withoutviolence;peaceful:
和平的；太平的
Theybelieveonly in peaceable,non-violentprotest.他们只信奉和平、非暴力的抗议。
avoidingarguments:
息事宁人的，避免争吵的
a peaceableperson不爱争吵的人
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Peaceful and tranquil
  • balm
  • beatitude
  • consonance
  • coolness
  • dust
  • non-militant
  • peaceably
  • peaceful
  • peacefully
  • peacefulness
  • quieten
  • restfulness
  • sequestered
  • sleepiness
  • sleepy
  • soothing
  • soothingly
  • the calm before the stormidiom
  • the dust settlesidiom
  • the lull before the stormidiom
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Peace
Patient and uncomplaining

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peaceably
(Definition ofpeaceablefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

peaceable| American Dictionary

peaceable
adjective[not gradable]
us
/ˈpi·sə·bəl/

peaceableadjective[not gradable](NO VIOLENCE)

notlikingorinvolvingfightingorargument:
Thegroupsupportspeaceable, nonviolentprotest.

peaceably

adverbus
/ˈpi·sə·bli/
(Definition ofpeaceablefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpeaceable

peaceable
Like them he believed that global capitalism was basicallypeaceable.
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Thepeaceablekingdom of the beasts is, as usual, a theatrical scene created by a man.
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Right now he is still friendly andpeaceable, but she knows to a statistical certainty that within seconds things are going to change.
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I'm apeaceableman, and don't fight duels, except at table.
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The men gain an authority through their pugnacity that is similar to the women's authority gained by beingpeaceable.
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However, even if there are some cases ofpeaceablepeoples who rarely feel mutual hostility, they are not easy to find.
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In addition, we can see that sound has been used in related ways in morepeaceabletimes.
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Neither self-evidence nor self-interest could compel unenlightened governments and/ or their unenlightened subjects to square conduct with, for example, the natural necessity to form apeaceablesociety.
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Peaceablepassers-by, who wanted to celebrate 1956 peacefully, were not allowed to do so.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
What fate awaits this alwayspeaceableminority?
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
No further development would be necessary, and all our atomic manpower, brainpower and material could go intopeaceableenergy.
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We must not consider that elections will always be aspeaceableand as peacefully conducted as those in which we have been engaged recently.
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Admittedly the interview was perfectly friendly and perfectlypeaceable.
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She ispeaceableby nature, and she ispeaceablein her own interests.
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They are apeaceable, kindly, friendly people desperately allergic to war.
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