peaceable

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈpiːsəb(ə)l/   

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Favouring peace rather than conflict; not aggressive, tending to avoid violence (of people, actions etc.).
    — But in the Muslim world we are dealing with regimes who have banished, imprisoned, silenced or neutralised all opposition, even where this is entirely peaceable.
  2. Characterized by peace; peaceful, tranquil.
    — Though unusual in the Dublin area he knew that it was not by any means unknown for desperadoes who had next to nothing to live on to be abroad waylaying and generally terrorising peaceable pedestrians by placing a pistol at their head ….

词形变化

more peaceable comparative most peaceable superlative

词汇关系

近义词
anti-bellicist dovelike dovish irenic irenical non-violent pacific pacifist pacifistic peaceable peaceful unaggressive
反义词
antipacifist bellicist bellicose hawkish martial militant philopolemic quarrelsome unpacifist unpeaceable violent warhungry
上位词
temperate
下位词
conciliatory non-confrontational nonbellicose nonbelligerent noncombative nonpolemic nonpolemical uncombative unjingoistic unwarlike
衍生词
peaceability peaceableness peaceably unpeaceable
相关词
peaceful calm pacify

词源

From Anglo-Norman pesible, peisible, Middle French paisible, from pais (“peace”) + -ible; later remodelled after peace + -able.
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