affable

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈæf.ə.bəl/    美 /ˈæf.ə.bəl/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
    — Furthermore, I may say, that the Sultan was always most affable to me in my interviews with him, even when I had to discuss some missionary questions. In fact, I never saw any traces of the difficulties which Mr. Terrell reported.
  2. Mild; benign.
    — During more affable weather, the four friends congregate outside, sometimes leaning their hickory chairs against a "catapa" tree[…]

词形变化

more affable comparative most affable superlative

词汇关系

反义词
inaffable unaffable
衍生词
affability affableness affably
相关词
fable fabulous fame fandango fatal fate fatuous fay ineffable infamous infamy infant infantile infantry nefarious preface

词源

Borrowed from French affable, from Latin affābilis, from affor (“to address”), from ad + for (“to speak, to talk”). See fable. By surface analysis, af- + fable.
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