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benign adj.仁慈的；温和的；良性的 (1) 我母亲非常慈祥。(2) 炎热的天气，官僚政治和他工作的错综复杂和混乱，在七个年头里已使他变成一个仁慈的和稀泥老手。(3) 温和的气候给北美带来大丰收。(4) 检测发现肿瘤是良性的。 Benign describes a range of qualities, all of them positive. When talking about a person, it means "gentle." In reference to weather or climate, it means "mild." In some other contexts, it simply means "not harmful"; you might speak of "a benign tumor" or "an environmentally benign chemical." The word comes from a Latin root benignus meaning "well born," but the implied meaning is "kind" or "pleasant" — it's hard to get mad at someone who has a benign disposition.

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英 [bɪ'naɪn] 美 [bɪ'naɪn] (1) My mother's character is very benign.(2) The heat, the bureaucracy, the confusion and complications of his job, had reduced him in seven years to a blob of benign jelly.(3) The benign weather brought North America a bumper crop.(4) After tests the tumor was found to be benign. Someone or something that is benign is gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful: a benign soul wouldn't hurt a fly. 1[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。benignlyI 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。3[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。4[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。5[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。

英语单词	benign
英美音标	英 [bɪ'naɪn] 美 [bɪ'naɪn]
中文释义	adj.仁慈的；温和的；良性的
英语例句	(1) My mother's character is very benign. (2) The heat, the bureaucracy, the confusion and complications of his job, had reduced him in seven years to a blob of benign jelly. (3) The benign weather brought North America a bumper crop. (4) After tests the tumor was found to be benign.
中文例句	(1) 我母亲非常慈祥。 (2) 炎热的天气，官僚政治和他工作的错综复杂和混乱，在七个年头里已使他变成一个仁慈的和稀泥老手。 (3) 温和的气候给北美带来大丰收。 (4) 检测发现肿瘤是良性的。
vocabulary简明	Someone or something that is benign is gentle, kind, mild, or unharmful: a benign soul wouldn't hurt a fly.
vocabulary扩展	Benign describes a range of qualities, all of them positive. When talking about a person, it means "gentle." In reference to weather or climate, it means "mild." In some other contexts, it simply means "not harmful"; you might speak of "a benign tumor" or "an environmentally benign chemical." The word comes from a Latin root benignus meaning "well born," but the implied meaning is "kind" or "pleasant" — it's hard to get mad at someone who has a benign disposition.
柯林斯解释	1 [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。 3 [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。 4 [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。 5 [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。

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