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peaceable 音标拼音: [p'isəbəl] a. 温顺的,温和的,和平的 温顺的,温和的,和平的 peaceable adj 1: inclined or disposed to peace; " they met in a peaceable spirit"; " peace- loving citizens" [ synonym: { peaceable}, { peace- loving}] 2: not disturbed by strife or turmoil or war; " a peaceful nation"; " peaceful times"; " a far from peaceful Christmas"; " peaceful sleep" [ synonym: { peaceful}, { peaceable}] [ ant: { unpeaceful}] 3: disposed to peace or of a peaceful nature; " the pacific temper seeks to settle disputes on grounds of justice rather than by force"; " a quiet and peaceable person"; " in a peaceable and orderly manner" [ synonym: { pacific}, { peaceable}] Peaceable \ Peace" a* ble\, a. [ OE. peisible, F. paisible.] Begin in or at peace; tranquil; quiet; free from, or not disposed to, war, disorder, or excitement; not quarrelsome. -- { Peace" a* ble* ness}, n. -- { Peace" a* bly}, adv. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Peaceful; pacific; tranquil; quiet; mild; undisturbed; serene; still. Usage: { Peaceable}, { Peaceful}. Peaceable describes the state of an individual, nation, etc., in reference to external hostility, attack, etc.; peaceful, in respect to internal disturbance. The former denotes " in the spirit of peace;" latter; " in the possession or enjoyment of peace." A peaceable adjustment of difficulties; a peaceful life, scene. [ 1913 Webster] 118 Moby Thesaurus words for " peaceable": agreeable, amiable, amicable, at peace, at rest, bland, bloodless, broken, brotherly, calm, chastened, civil, civilian, cloistered, compatible, complaisant, conciliatory, concordant, congenial, cool, cordial, domesticated, dovelike, dovish, dwindling, ebbing, even- tenored, favorable, fraternal, friendlike, friendly, genial, gentle, halcyon, harmonious, housebroken, humble, hushed, idyllic, impassive, inoffensive, irenic, isolated, judicious, kind, lamblike, meek, mild, mild as milk, moderate, moldering, neighborlike, neighborly, nonaggressive, noncombatant, nonmilitant, nonviolent, orderly, pacific, pacificatory, pacifist, pacifistic, pastoral, peace- loving, peaceful, peacetime, piping, placid, pleasant, prudent, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, reposing, restful, resting, secluded, sequestered, sequestrated, serene, sheltered, simpatico, sisterly, smooth, sober, sociable, soft, still, still as death, stillish, stilly, stoic, stolid, subdued, subsiding, sympathique, tame, tamed, temperate, tranquil, unagitated, unbellicose, uncontentious, undisturbed, unhostile, unmilitant, unmilitary, unmoved, unperturbed, unruffled, unstirring, untroubled, waning, well- affected, well- disposed, well- intentioned, well- meaning, well- meant
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