genial
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How to pronounce genial in British English:
英 [ˈdʒiːniəl]
How to pronounce genial in American English:
美 [ˈdʒiːniəl]
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- Adjective:
- diffusing warmth and friendliness
- of or relating to the chin or median part of the lower jaw
- conducive to comfort; beneficial
单词词源
- genial (adj.)
- 1560s, "pertaining to marriage," from Latin genialis "pleasant, festive," literally "pertaining to marriage rites," from genius "guardian spirit" (see genius), with here perhaps a special sense of "tutelary deity of a married couple." Originally used in English in the Latin literal sense; meaning "cheerful, friendly" first recorded 1746. Related: Genially.
双语例句
- 1. Known to villagers and his children alike as " lao shuji , " or old secretary , wu has a genial , grandfatherly demeanor that belies a hardheaded steeliness .
- 2. Mr. mortenson , a frumpy , genial man from montana , takes a diametrically opposite approach , and he has spent less than one-ten-thousandth as much as the bush administration .
- 3. He looks forward to genial robots .
- 4. But at a general election last may , thanks largely to its genial leader , jack layton , it won more than 30 % of the vote and an unprecedented 102 of the 308 seats in the house of commons , replacing the once-dominant liberals as the official opposition to stephen harper 's conservative government .
- 5. Janice their supervisor a tall and angular woman who took pride in her extreme fairness and efficiency came for a routine inspection once a week ; dr. wilson the attending veterinarian a genial and absent-minded man was about to retire any day now .