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单词 agreeable
释义
agreeable
(əgrəbəl )
1. adjective
If something is agreeable, it is pleasant and you enjoy it.
...workers in more agreeable and better paid occupations.
...an agreeable surprise.
Synonyms: pleasant, pleasing, satisfying, acceptable  
agreeably graded adverb
At first we chatted agreeably about his trips to London and Paris.
Some months later I was agreeably surprised to be telephoned at work by Ronnie.
2. adjective
If someone is agreeable, they are pleasant and try to please people.
...lunch with an agreeable friend.
I've gone out of my way to be agreeable to his friends.
Synonyms: friendly, pleasant, nice, sociable  
3. adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you are agreeable to something or if it is agreeable to you, you are willing to do it or to allow it to happen. [formal]
She was agreeable to the project.
If you are agreeable, my PA will make all the necessary arrangements.
...a solution that would be agreeable to all. [+ to]
Synonyms: consenting, willing, agreeing, approving  
Quotations:
I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great dealJane Austen
My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with meBenjamin DisraeliLothair
Collocations:
mutually agreeable
Set stage payments, releasing mutually agreeable amounts over the course of the project.
Times, Sunday Times
We come to a mutually agreeable division of the profits.
Times, Sunday Times
Both parties can then realistically set mutually agreeable pastoral priorities.
Christianity Today
Such actions are rife in the specialised world of bond dealing, but the two appeared to have settled at a mutually agreeable amount at the time.
Times, Sunday Times
The game was suspended in 1987 as the two teams could not find a mutually agreeable date to play the game.
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Translations:
Chinese: 怡人的
Japanese: 快い
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