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外刊例句
- The amiable Ms Ardern was re-elected with a majority in a country where such things are almost unheard of.
和蔼可亲的阿德恩女士以多数票再次当选，这种事在该国几乎闻所未闻。
——《经济学人》 - Brad Pitt plays an amiable assassin who gets stuck on a Japanese high-speed train with a motley crew of other killers and no easy way out.
布拉德·皮特饰演一位和蔼可亲的刺客，他与一群杂七杂八的其他杀手一同被困在日本的一列高速列车上，无法轻易逃脱。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[adjective] having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner
[形容词] 具有或表现出友好和善的态度的
深入解读
从拼写上来看， amiable 是一个与 pliable （易弯的；易摆布的）、 friable （易碎的）以及小站推送过的 liable 和 viable 有着相同结尾的单词，几者可以一并联想记忆。
从词源上来看， amiable 一词源自拉丁语 amicus （朋友、所爱之人），先后经晚期拉丁语 amicabilis （友好的）和古法语 amiable （友好的、友善的；值得被爱的）于14世纪末进入英语，主要也是用来表示“和蔼可亲的、亲切友好的、令人愉悦的”，常意味着具有或表现出友好、和善、亲切或仁慈等激发人们喜爱的品质的。比如：
- 亲切的语调
an amiable tone - 你是真的想去呢，还是仅仅应个景？
Do you really want to come or are you merely being amiable? - 看到他如此和蔼可亲、彬彬有礼，她非常惊讶。但她并不知道那只是金玉其外。
She had been surprised at how amiable and polite he had seemed. But she didn't know it was only a specious appearance.
名著用例
Who has not seen a woman hide the dullness of a stupid husband, or coax the fury of a savage one? We accept this amiable slavishness, and praise a woman for it; we call this pretty treachery truth.
丈夫太愚蠢，做妻子的会想法替他遮掩；丈夫太凶横，做妻子的会甜言蜜语地叫他息怒，这样的情形谁没有见过？我们做男人的看到她们这样低眉顺眼，便大加赞扬，把这种粉饰过的伪诈称作忠诚。
出自十九世纪英国批判现实主义作家威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷（William Makepeace Thackeray）创作的长篇小说《名利场》（Vanity Fair）。
同近义词
- affable: friendly, good-natured, or easy to talk to
- amicable: characterized by friendliness and absence of discord
- cordial: warm and friendly
