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affable 音标拼音: ['æfəbəl]
a. 和蔼可亲的,友善的,殷勤的 和蔼可亲的,友善的,殷勤的 affable adj 1: diffusing warmth and friendliness; " an affable smile"; " an amiable gathering"; " cordial relations"; " a cordial greeting"; " a genial host" [ synonym: { affable}, { amiable}, { cordial}, { genial}] Affable \ Af" fa* ble\, a. [ F. affable, L. affabilis, fr. affari to speak to; ad fari to speak. See { Fable}.] 1. Easy to be spoken to or addressed; receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; courteous; sociable. [ 1913 Webster] An affable and courteous gentleman. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] His manners polite and affable. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Gracious; mild; benign. [ 1913 Webster] A serene and affable countenance. -- Tatler. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Courteous; civil; complaisant; accessible; mild; benign; condescending. [ 1913 Webster] 119 Moby Thesaurus words for " affable": Bohemian, accommodating, agreeable, amiable, amicable, attentive, benevolent, benign, benignant, blissful, bonhomous, casual, cheerful, civil, clubbable, clubbish, clubby, communicative, companionable, companionate, compatible, complaisant, compliant, congenial, considerate, cordial, courteous, decent, deferential, degage, desirable, dulcet, easy, easy- natured, easygoing, en rapport, enjoyable, fair, fair and pleasant, familiar, felicific, felicitous, fine, fit for society, folksy, fond of society, free and easy, friendly, generous, genial, gentle, good, good- humored, good- natured, good- tempered, goodly, graceful, gracious, grateful, gratifying, gregarious, harmonious, haymish, heart- warming, homely, homey, honeyed, hospitable, indulgent, informal, irregular, kind, kindly, likable, loose, loquacious, mellifluous, mellow, mild, natural, nice, obliging, offhand, offhanded, overindulgent, overpermissive, permissive, plain, pleasant, pleasing, pleasurable, pleasure- giving, pleasureful, polite, relaxed, respectful, rewarding, satisfying, simple, sociable, social, social- minded, solicitous, suave, sweet, sweet- tempered, tactful, talkative, thoughtful, unaffected, unassuming, unceremonious, unconstrained, unconventional, unofficial, unstudied, urbane, welcome, well- natured
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