【affability】 - AEAS备考词汇

affability

UK:  [ˌæfə'bɪləti]

n.

1.殷勤,温柔,和蔼

1 . The father-in-law presently arrived, was greeted by the father with great affability, and invited to sit near the front door.
岳父很来来了，父亲热情的接待了他，请他坐在前门。

2 . I rather expected, from my knowledge of her affability, that it would happen. But who could have foreseen such an attention as this?
她一贯为人殷勤，我倒以为她真要这样招待一番的，可是谁料想到会象这次这样情意隆重？

3 . Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but he had never seen anything but affability in her.
据他所知，多少人都认为咖苔琳夫人为人骄傲，可是他只觉得亲切。

4 . We are eager for water moistening, eager for water salvation; we are in want of the affability of dream, in want of blue flow.
我们渴望水的滋润，我们渴望水的拯救。我们渴望梦境的亲切，我们渴望绿色的流淌。

5 . you re very kind , " said carrie , touched by the agents extreme affability" .
“承蒙你一片好意。”嘉莉说，被这个代理人的极端热忱感动了。