(especially with reference to something unwelcome or unpleasant) producing good effects; beneficial (尤指不受欢迎的或使人不愉快的事)有益的,有利的 it failed to draw salutary lessons from Britain's loss of its colonies. 它没能从英国丧失殖民地这件事中吸取有益的教训。 ■(archaic)health-giving (古)有益健康的 the salutary Atlantic air. 有益健康的大西洋空气。
语源
late Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'remedy'): from French salutaire or Latin salutaris, from salus, salut- 'health'