amiable: [14] Amiable and amicable are the two English descendants of that most familiar of Latin verbs, amo, amas, amat … ‘love’. It had two rather similar adjectives derived from it: amābilis ‘lovable’ and, via amīcus ‘friend’, amīcābilis ‘friendly’ (source of English amicable [15]). Amīcābilis became in French amiable, and this was borrowed into English as amiable, but its meaning was subsequently influenced by that of French aimable ‘likeable, lovable’, which came from Latin amābilis. => amicable
amiable (adj.)
mid-14c., from Old French amiable, from Late Latin amicabilis "friendly," from amicus "friend," related to amare "to love" (see Amy). The form confused in Old French with amable "lovable," from Latin amare. Reborrowed later in proper Latin form as amicable.
雙語例句
1. Sara, while remaining outwardly amiable toward all concerned, was inwardly furious.
薩拉盡管表面上對所有相關的人依然和藹可親，內心卻怒火中燒。
來自柯林斯例句
2. an amiable tone of voice
親切的聲調
來自《權威詞典》
3. Do you really want to go or are you merely being amiable?
你是真的想去呢,還是僅僅為了表示友好?
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. She was a very kind and amiable old woman.
他是個善良和氣的老太太.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. The next - door neighbours are very amiable people.