inclined to avoid argument or violent conflict 平和的,温和的,息事宁人的 they were famed as an industrious, peaceable, practical people. 他们这个民族以勤劳、平和、务实著称。 ■free from argument or conflict; peaceful 安平的,和平的 the mainly peaceable daily demonstrations for democratic reform. 大体和平的民主改革每日示威。
派生 peaceableness noun peaceably adverb 语源
Middle English: from Old French peisible, alteration of plaisible, from late Latin placibilis 'pleasing', from Latin placere 'to please'