equable meaning in English
adj.
1.平均的,均等的,一样的。
2.均匀的。
3.稳定的;(性情)恬静的。
4.(法律等)公平的。
短语和例子
adv.
-bly ,-ness n.
Examples
- He was too equable to fret over the demands that were laid on him .
他心平气和,不因众说纷纭而坐立不安。 - He was equable .
他少言寡语。 - His spirits were always equable and he was an observant person .
他的精神总是平稳的,并且他又是个循规蹈矩的人。 - Lord gilbey surveyed with equable disapproval the slashing rain, the lowering clouds, the seething summer trees .
吉尔贝勋爵平静地露出了不满的情绪,审视着瓢泼大雨,黑压压的浓云,郁郁葱葱的夏令树木。 - In his 1855 preface to leaves of grass, whitman declares that "of all mankind the great poet is the equable man. "
惠特曼在一八五五年版《草叶集》的序文里写道:“在所存人类之中,伟大的诗人是心平气和的人。”