affability
英 [ˌæf.əˈbɪl.ə.ti]
美 [ˌæf.əˈbɪl.ə.t̬i]
- n. 亲切；和蔼；殷勤
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英语词源
- affability (n.)
- late 15c., from Old French affabilité (14c.), noun of quality from affable (see affable).
权威例句
- 1. Beneath the surface affability there was a sort of struggle for power.
- 表面上一派祥和，暗地里争权夺利。
- 2. Below his preternatural affability there is some acid and steel.
- 在他异常和蔼可亲的表情之下,有着尖刻和钢铁般的坚毅.
- 3. " You're very kind,'said Carrie, touched by the agent's extreme affability.
- “ 承蒙你一片好意."嘉莉说, 被这个代理人的极端热忱感动了.
- 4. He had slipped from hardness into affability.
- 他从声色俱厉变得和颜悦色.
- 5. The dog represents loyalty, while the pig represents affability.
- 狗是代表忠诚, 猪是代表随和.