pacific

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Calm, peaceful.
    — The policeman on the beat moved up the avenue impressively. […] Trying doors as he went, twirling his club with many intricate and artful movements, turning now and then to cast his watchful eye adown the pacific thoroughfare, the officer, with his stalwart form and slight swagger, made a fine picture of a guardian of the peace.
  2. Preferring peace by nature; avoiding violence.
    — The long-continued hostilities which had for centuries divided the south and the north divisions of the Island of Britain, had been happily terminated by the succession of the pacific James I, to the English crown.

词形变化

more pacific comparative most pacific superlative pacifick alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
nonpacific pacifically pacificism pacificist pacificity Pacific Ocean unpacific
相关词
pacify pacifism pacifist

词源

From Middle French pacifique.
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