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Benign Adj Bɪˈnaɪn   [Usu N Bɪˈnaɪnli Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词

The word "benign" describes someone or something that is kind, gentle, harmless, or not dangerous. It can also refer to a tumor that is not cancerous.

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benign ★☆☆☆☆
/bɪna͟ɪn/
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]和蔼的;温和的;慈祥的 You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • They are normally a more benign audience...

    他们通常观看时比较温和。

  • Critics of the scheme take a less benign view.

    对该方案的批评就没有这么温和了。

benignly
  • I just smiled benignly and stood back.

    我只是和善地笑了笑,站到了后面。

2
[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]没有危害的 A benign substance or process does not have any harmful effects.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • We're taking relatively benign medicines and we're turning them into poisons.

    我们服的药相对来说药性温和,但是我们却在把它们变成毒药。

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[ADJ 形容词](肿瘤)良性的 A benign tumour will not cause death or serious harm.
  [usu ADJ n]
  [MEDICAL 医]
  • It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.

    这不是癌症,只是良性肿瘤。

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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](条件、环境)良好的,宜人的 Benign conditions are pleasant or make it easy for something to happen.
  [usu ADJ n]
  • They enjoyed an especially benign climate...

    他们那里的气候非常宜人。

  • This plunge came in a time of relatively benign economic conditions.

    这次大跌出现在相对良好的经济环境下。

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[PHRASE 短语]不作为;善意忽视;顺其自然 If you describe someone's approach to a problem as one of benign neglect, you disapprove of the fact that they are doing nothing and hoping that the problem will solve itself.
  [disapproval]
  • America and Japan have settled back into a policy of benign neglect of their currencies.

    美国和日本又回到了不作为货币政策的老路。


Oxford be·nign / bɪˈnaɪn ; NAmE bɪˈnaɪn / adjective 1 ( formal) (of people ) kind and gentle; not hurting anybody 善良的;和善的;慈祥的 2 ( medical ) (of tumoursgrowing in the body 体内生长的肿瘤 ) not dangerous or likely to cause death 良性的 OPP
malignant
be·nign·ly / bɪˈnaɪnli ; NAmE bɪˈnaɪnli / adverb He smiled benignly. 他露出了和蔼的笑容。
be·nign / bɪˈnaɪn ; NAmE bɪˈnaɪn / be·nign·ly / bɪˈnaɪnli ; NAmE bɪˈnaɪnli /
LDC
benignbe‧nign /bɪˈnaɪn/ ●○○ adjective
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1kind and gentle:  He shook his head in benign amusement.2a benign tumour (=unnatural growth in the body) is not caused by cancer OPP  malignant
WDF

benign

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良性的(74%),温和的(18%),仁慈的(8%)
adj.良性的;和蔼的,亲切的;吉利的
n.(Benign)人名;(俄)贝尼根

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