equable
equable 英 [ˈekwəbl] 美 [ˈɛkwəbəl, ˈikwə-]
adj. 平静的；变动小的
- The adjective equable means "not easily irritated" or "steady," like someone's equable manner that makes everyone instantly feel comfortable.
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- adj. 平静的；变动小的
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1. Thou canst pass thy life in an equable flow of happiness, if thou canst go by the right way, and think and act in the right way.
如果你能走正确的道路，正确地思考和行动，你就能在一种幸福的平静流动中度过一生。
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2. Even the most equable of mothers can tell querulous children with sly glee: "You don't need to go to Daddy's if you don't want to."
即使是表现最慈祥的母亲，也会暗自窃喜并无休止地对孩子说“如果你不想去你爸爸那，那就不用去。”
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3. I took particular pleasure in this breaking of ground, for in almost all latitudes men dig into the earth for an equable temperature.
我对于破土特别感到兴趣，差不多在所有的纬度上，人们只消挖掘到地下去，都能得到均一的温度。
- equable (adj.) 1670s, back-formation from equability or else from Latin aequabilis "equal, consistent, uniform, not varying" from aequare "make uniform" (see equate). Related: Equably; equableness.
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