单词 | benign |
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音标 | 英[bɪˈnaɪn] 美[bɪˈnaɪn] |
解释 | adj.温和的,仁慈的;善良的;有利于健康的;[医]良性的; |
例句 | ADJ-GRADED 和蔼的;温和的;慈祥的 You use benign to describe someone who is kind, gentle, and harmless. 例:They are normally a more benign audience...他们通常观看时比较温和。 例:Critics of the scheme take a less benign view.对该方案的批评就没有这么温和了。 ADJ-GRADED 没有危害的 A benign substance or process does not have any harmful effects. 例: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。 ADJ (肿瘤)良性的 A benign tumour will not cause death or serious harm. 例:It wasn't cancer, only a benign tumour.这不是癌症,只是良性肿瘤。 ADJ-GRADED (条件、环境)良好的,宜人的 Benign conditions are pleasant or make it easy for something to happen. 例:They enjoyed an especially benign climate...他们那里的气候非常宜人。 例: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。 PHRASE 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. 例: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。 |
变形 | adv:benignly~ |
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